Arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens

The arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Haute-Garonne département in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Saint-Gaudens.

History
When the Haute-Garonne department was created in 1790, Saint-Gaudens was one of the districts of the department and, with the creation of arrondissements in 1800, the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens was part of that original department.

Geography
It is the most southern of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of ; most of the arrondissement lies on the Pyrenees mountain range. It is the arrondissement of Haut-Garonne with fewest people living there, with a population with 77,545 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km²

The arrondissement is bordered  north by the Gers (Occitanie) department, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Muret, to the east by the Ariège (Occitanie) department, to the south by Spain and to the west by the Hautes-Pyrénées (Occitanie) department.

Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,Décret n° 2014-152 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Garonne cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement, the canton of Cazères. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondiissements:
+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Muret  Saint-Gaudens  Toulouse 3102  Bagnères-de-Luchon   132   132 3106  Cazères  48 43  91 3114  Saint-Gaudens   62   62 Total   237  
Communes
The arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens has 237 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Agassac (31001)
 Alan (31005)
 Ambax (31007)
 Anan (31008)
 Antichan-de-Frontignes (31009)
 Antignac (31010)
 Arbas (31011)
 Arbon (31012)
 Ardiège (31013)
 Arguenos (31014)
 Argut-Dessous (31015)
 Arlos (31017)
 Arnaud-Guilhem (31018)
 Artigue (31019)
 Aspet (31020)
 Aspret-Sarrat (31021)
 Aulon (31023)
 Aurignac (31028)
 Ausseing (31030)
 Ausson (31031)
 Auzas (31034)
 Bachas (31039)
 Bachos (31040)
 Bagiry (31041)
 Bagnères-de-Luchon (31042)
 Balesta (31043)
 Barbazan (31045)
 Baren (31046)
 Beauchalot (31050)
 Belbèze-en-Comminges (31059)
 Benque (31063)
 Benque-Dessous-et-Dessus (31064)
 Bezins-Garraux (31067)
 Billière (31068)
 Binos (31590)
 Blajan (31070)
 Boissède (31072)
 Bordes-de-Rivière (31076)
 Boudrac (31078)
 Boulogne-sur-Gesse (31080)
 Bourg-d'Oueil (31081)
 Boussan (31083)
 Boutx (31085)
 Bouzin (31086)
 Burgalays (31092)
 Cabanac-Cazaux (31095)
 Cardeilhac (31108)
 Cassagnabère-Tournas (31109)
 Cassagne (31110)
 Castagnède (31112)
 Castelbiague (31114)
 Castelgaillard (31115)
 Castéra-Vignoles (31121)
 Castillon-de-Larboust (31123)
 Castillon-de-Saint-Martory (31124)
 Cathervielle (31125)
 Caubous (31127)
 Cazac (31593)
 Cazaril-Laspènes (31129)
 Cazaril-Tambourès (31130)
 Cazaunous (31131)
 Cazaux-Layrisse (31132)
 Cazeaux-de-Larboust (31133)
 Cazeneuve-Montaut (31134)
 Charlas (31138)
 Chaum (31139)
 Chein-Dessus (31140)
 Ciadoux (31141)
 Cier-de-Luchon (31142)
 Cier-de-Rivière (31143)
 Cierp-Gaud (31144)
 Cirès (31146)
 Clarac (31147)
 Coueilles (31152)
 Couret (31155)
 Cuguron (31158)
 Le Cuing (31159)
 Encausse-les-Thermes (31167)
 Eoux (31168)
 Escanecrabe (31170)
 Escoulis (31591)
 Esparron (31172)
 Estadens (31174)
 Estancarbon (31175)
 Esténos (31176)
 Eup (31177)
 Fabas (31178)
 Figarol (31183)
 Fos (31190)
 Fougaron (31191)
 Francazal (31195)
 Franquevielle (31197)
 Le Fréchet (31198)
 Fronsac (31199)
 Frontignan-de-Comminges (31200)
 Frontignan-Savès (31201)
 Galié (31207)
 Ganties (31208)
 Garin (31213)
 Génos (31217)
 Gensac-de-Boulogne (31218)
 Gouaux-de-Larboust (31221)
 Gouaux-de-Luchon (31222)
 Goudex (31223)
 Gourdan-Polignan (31224)
 Guran (31235)
 Herran (31236)
 His (31237)
 Huos (31238)
 L'Isle-en-Dodon (31239)
 Izaut-de-l'Hôtel (31241)
 Jurvielle (31242)
 Juzet-d'Izaut (31245)
 Juzet-de-Luchon (31244)
 Labarthe-Inard (31246)
 Labarthe-Rivière (31247)
 Labastide-Paumès (31251)
 Labroquère (31255)
 Laffite-Toupière (31260)
 Lalouret-Laffiteau (31268)
 Landorthe (31270)
 Larcan (31274)
 Larroque (31276)
 Latoue (31278)
 Lécussan (31289)
 Lège (31290)
 Lespiteau (31294)
 Lespugue (31295)
 Lestelle-de-Saint-Martory (31296)
 Lez (31298)
 Lieoux (31300)
 Lilhac (31301)
 Lodes (31302)
 Loudet (31305)
 Lourde (31306)
 Lunax (31307)
 Luscan (31308)
 Malvezie (31313)
 Mancioux (31314)
 Mane (31315)
 Marignac (31316)
 Marsoulas (31321)
 Martisserre (31322)
 Martres-de-Rivière (31323)
 Mauvezin (31333)
 Mayrègne (31335)
 Mazères-sur-Salat (31336)
 Melles (31337)
 Milhas (31342)
 Mirambeau (31343)
 Miramont-de-Comminges (31344)
 Molas (31347)
 Moncaup (31348)
 Mondilhan (31350)
 Mont-de-Galié (31369)
 Montastruc-de-Salies (31357)
 Montauban-de-Luchon (31360)
 Montbernard (31363)
 Montespan (31372)
 Montesquieu-Guittaut (31373)
 Montgaillard-de-Salies (31376)
 Montgaillard-sur-Save (31378)
 Montmaurin (31385)
 Montoulieu-Saint-Bernard (31386)
 Montréjeau (31390)
 Montsaunès (31391)
 Moustajon (31394)
 Nénigan (31397)
 Nizan-Gesse (31398)
 Oô (31404)
 Ore (31405)
 Payssous (31408)
 Péguilhan (31412)
 Peyrissas (31414)
 Peyrouzet (31415)
 Pointis-de-Rivière (31426)
 Pointis-Inard (31427)
 Ponlat-Taillebourg (31430)
 Portet-d'Aspet (31431)
 Portet-de-Luchon (31432)
 Poubeau (31434)
 Proupiary (31440)
 Puymaurin (31443)
 Razecueillé (31447)
 Régades (31449)
 Rieucazé (31452)
 Riolas (31456)
 Roquefort-sur-Garonne (31457)
 Rouède (31461)
 Saccourvielle (31465)
 Saint-André (31468)
 Saint-Aventin (31470)
 Saint-Béat (31471)
 Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (31472)
 Saint-Élix-Séglan (31477)
 Saint-Ferréol-de-Comminges (31479)
 Saint-Frajou (31482)
 Saint-Gaudens (31483)
 Saint-Ignan (31487)
 Saint-Lary-Boujean (31493)
 Saint-Laurent (31494)
 Saint-Loup-en-Comminges (31498)
 Saint-Mamet (31500)
 Saint-Marcet (31502)
 Saint-Martory (31503)
 Saint-Médard (31504)
 Saint-Paul-d'Oueil (31508)
 Saint-Pé-d'Ardet (31509)
 Saint-Pé-Delbosc (31510)
 Saint-Plancard (31513)
 Saleich (31521)
 Salerm (31522)
 Salies-du-Salat (31523)
 Salles-et-Pratviel (31524)
 Saman (31528)
 Samouillan (31529)
 Sarrecave (31531)
 Sarremezan (315Saux-et-Pomarède32)
 Sauveterre-de-Comminges (31535)
 Saux-et-Pomarède (31536)
 Savarthès (31537)
 Sédeilhac (31539)
 Seilhan (31542)
 Sengouagnet (31544)
 Sepx (31545)
 Signac (31548)
 Sode (31549)
 Soueich (31550)
 Terrebasse (31552)
 Touille (31554)
 Les Tourreilles (31556)
 Trébons-de-Luchon (31559)
 Urau (31562)
 Valcabrère (31564)
 Valentine (31565)
 Villeneuve-de-Rivière (31585)
 Villeneuve-Lécussan (31586)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 31483  Saint-Gaudens  11,255  Saint-Gaudens  Le Saint-Gaudinois 31390  Montréjeau  2,872  Saint-Gaudens  Nebouzan-Rivière-Verdun 31042  Bagnères-de-Luchon  2,445  Bagnères-de-Luchon  Le Pays de Luchon 31523  Salies-du-Salat  1,814  Bagnères-de-Luchon  Salies-du-Salat 31585  Villeneuve-de-Rivière  1,793  Saint-Gaudens  Le Saint-Gaudinois 31239  L' Isle-en-Dodon  1,769  Cazères  Les Portes du Comminges 31080  Boulogne-sur-Gesse  1,604  Saint-Gaudens  Le Boulonnais 31247  Labarthe-Rivière  1,350  Saint-Gaudens  Le Saint-Gaudinois 31224  Gourdan-Polignan  1,223  Bagnères-de-Luchon  Le Haut-Comminges 31028  Aurignac  1,184  Cazères  Les Terres d'Aurignac
Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Haute-Garonne department
 Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

Saint-Gaudens