Arrondissement of Cahors

The **arrondissement of Cahors** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Lot _département_ in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and of the department, is the city of Cahors.

## History

When the _arrondissements_ were created in 1800, Cahors was one of them in the Lot department.

## Geography

It is the westernmost and southernmost of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of , the largest in area of the department. It is the most populated _arrondissement_ with 76,216 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the northwest by the Dordogne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department, to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Gourdon, to the northeast by the _arrondissement_ of Figeac, to the east by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the south by the Tarn-et-Garonne (Occitanie) department, to the west by the Lot-et-Garonne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department.

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the _arrondissements_ so they could have _communes_ that belong to different _arrondissements_.

In the _arrondissement_ of Cahors, there is only three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_; the other six cantons are completely within the _arrondissement_. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4601|Cahors-1|2 + part of Cahors|||**2** + part of Cahors|
|4602|Cahors-2|6 + part of Cahors|||**6** + part of Cahors|
|4603|Cahors-3|5 + part of Cahors|||**5** + part of Cahors|
|4604|Causse et Bouriane|16||16|**32**|
|4605|Causse et Vallées|22|19|6|**47**|
|4609|Gourdon|3||15|**18**|
|4612|Luzech|26|||**26**|
|4613|Marches du Sud-Quercy|27|||**27**|
|4615|Puy-l'Évêque|27|||**27**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Cahors has 129 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Albas <small>(46001)</small>
1. Anglars-Juillac <small>(46005)</small>
1. Arcambal <small>(46007)</small>
1. Les Arques <small>(46008)</small>
1. Aujols <small>(46010)</small>
1. Bach <small>(46013)</small>
1. Bagat-en-Quercy <small>(46014)</small>
1. Beauregard <small>(46020)</small>
1. Bélaye <small>(46022)</small>
1. Belfort-du-Quercy <small>(46023)</small>
1. Belmont-Sainte-Foi <small>(46026)</small>
1. Berganty <small>(46027)</small>
1. Blars <small>(46031)</small>
1. Boissières <small>(46032)</small>
1. Le Boulvé <small>(46033)</small>
1. Bouziès <small>(46037)</small>
1. Cabrerets <small>(46040)</small>
1. Cahors <small>(46042)</small>
1. Caillac <small>(46044)</small>
1. Calamane <small>(46046)</small>
1. Calvignac <small>(46049)</small>
1. Cambayrac <small>(46050)</small>
1. Carnac-Rouffiac <small>(46060)</small>
1. Cassagnes <small>(46061)</small>
1. Castelfranc <small>(46062)</small>
1. Castelnau-Montratier <small>(46063)</small>
1. Catus <small>(46064)</small>
1. Cazals <small>(46066)</small>
1. Cénevières <small>(46068)</small>
1. Cézac <small>(46069)</small>
1. Cieurac <small>(46070)</small>
1. Concots <small>(46073)</small>
1. Cours <small>(46077)</small>
1. Cras <small>(46079)</small>
1. Crayssac <small>(46080)</small>
1. Crégols <small>(46081)</small>
1. Cremps <small>(46082)</small>
1. Douelle <small>(46088)</small>
1. Duravel <small>(46089)</small>
1. Escamps <small>(46091)</small>
1. Esclauzels <small>(46092)</small>
1. Espère <small>(46095)</small>
1. Fargues <small>(46099)</small>
1. Flaujac-Poujols <small>(46105)</small>
1. Floressas <small>(46107)</small>
1. Fontanes <small>(46109)</small>
1. Francoulès <small>(46112)</small>
1. Frayssinet-le-Gélat <small>(46114)</small>
1. Gigouzac <small>(46119)</small>
1. Gindou <small>(46120)</small>
1. Goujounac <small>(46126)</small>
1. Grézels <small>(46130)</small>
1. Les Junies <small>(46134)</small>
1. Labastide-Marnhac <small>(46137)</small>
1. Labastide-du-Vert <small>(46136)</small>
1. Laburgade <small>(46140)</small>
1. Lacapelle-Cabanac <small>(46142)</small>
1. Lagardelle <small>(46147)</small>
1. Lalbenque <small>(46148)</small>
1. Lamagdelaine <small>(46149)</small>
1. Laramière <small>(46154)</small>
1. Laroque-des-Arcs <small>(46156)</small>
1. Lascabanes <small>(46158)</small>
1. Lauzès <small>(46162)</small>
1. Lentillac-du-Causse <small>(46167)</small>
1. Lherm <small>(46171)</small>
1. Lhospitalet <small>(46172)</small>
1. Limogne-en-Quercy <small>(46173)</small>
1. Lugagnac <small>(46179)</small>
1. Luzech <small>(46182)</small>
1. Marminiac <small>(46184)</small>
1. Mauroux <small>(46187)</small>
1. Maxou <small>(46188)</small>
1. Mechmont <small>(46190)</small>
1. Mercuès <small>(46191)</small>
1. Le Montat <small>(46197)</small>
1. Montcabrier <small>(46199)</small>
1. Montcléra <small>(46200)</small>
1. Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc <small>(46201)</small>
1. Montdoumerc <small>(46202)</small>
1. Montgesty <small>(46205)</small>
1. Montlauzun <small>(46206)</small>
1. Nadillac <small>(46210)</small>
1. Nuzéjouls <small>(46211)</small>
1. Orniac <small>(46212)</small>
1. Parnac <small>(46214)</small>
1. Les Pechs-du-Vers <small>(46252)</small>
1. Pern <small>(46217)</small>
1. Pescadoires <small>(46218)</small>
1. Pomarède <small>(46222)</small>
1. Pontcirq <small>(46223)</small>
1. Pradines <small>(46224)</small>
1. Prayssac <small>(46225)</small>
1. Promilhanes <small>(46227)</small>
1. Puy-l'Évêque <small>(46231)</small>
1. Sabadel-Lauzès <small>(46245)</small>
1. Saillac <small>(46247)</small>
1. Saint-Caprais <small>(46250)</small>
1. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie <small>(46256)</small>
1. Saint-Cyprien <small>(46262)</small>
1. Saint-Daunès <small>(46263)</small>
1. Saint-Denis-Catus <small>(46264)</small>
1. Sainte-Alauzie <small>(46248)</small>
1. Saint-Géry <small>(46268)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-Lolmie <small>(46274)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-Labouval <small>(46276)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-le-Redon <small>(46277)</small>
1. Saint-Matré <small>(46278)</small>
1. Saint-Médard <small>(46280)</small>
1. Saint-Pantaléon <small>(46285)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-Flaugnac <small>(46103)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille <small>(46340)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt <small>(46296)</small>
1. Sauliac-sur-Célé <small>(46299)</small>
1. Saux <small>(46300)</small>
1. Sauzet <small>(46301)</small>
1. Sénaillac-Lauzès <small>(46303)</small>
1. Sérignac <small>(46305)</small>
1. Soturac <small>(46307)</small>
1. Tour-de-Faure <small>(46320)</small>
1. Touzac <small>(46321)</small>
1. Trespoux-Rassiels <small>(46322)</small>
1. Valroufié <small>(46327)</small>
1. Varaire <small>(46328)</small>
1. Vaylats <small>(46329)</small>
1. Vers <small>(46331)</small>
1. Vidaillac <small>(46333)</small>
1. Villesèque <small>(46335)</small>
1. Vire-sur-Lot <small>(46336)</small>

The _communes_ with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|46042|Cahors|19,630|Cahors-1, Cahors-2 and Cahors-3|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors|
|46224|Pradines|3,433|Cahors-1|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors|
|46225|Prayssac|2,499|Puy-l'Évêque|La Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble|
|46231|Puy-l'Évêque|2,020|Puy-l'Évêque|La Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble|
|46063|Castelnau-Montratier|1,817|Marches du Sud-Quercy|Le Quercy Blanc|
|46182|Luzech|1,747|Luzech|La Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble|
|46201|Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc|1,737|Luzech|Le Quercy Blanc|
|46148|Lalbenque|1,683|Marches du Sud-Quercy|Le Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne|
|46137|Labastide-Marnhac|1,200|Cahors-3|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors|
|46197|Le Montat|1,044|Cahors-3|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors|
|46191|Mercuès|1,038|Cahors-1|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors|
|46007|Arcambal|1,002|Cahors-2|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cahors|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Lot department
- Communes of the Lot department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Cahors
- **insee**: 461
- **nbcomm**: 98
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Cahors
- **area**: 1860.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Cahors 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie