Arrondissement of Montauban

The arrondissement of Montauban is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Tarn-et-Garonne département. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Montauban.

History
When the Tarn-et-Garonne department was created in 1808, Montauban was one of the original arrondissements of the department.

Geography
It is the easternmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the largest in area of the two arrondissements of the department. It has 175,756 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Lot (Occitanie) department, to the northeast by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the east by the Tarn (Occitanie) department, to the south by the Haute-Garonne (Occitanie) department and to the west by the arrondissement of Castelsarrasin.

Composition
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. That is the case of the Beaumont-de-Lomagne, Castelsarrasin, Montech and the Pays de Serres Sud-Quercy cantons where some communes are in the arrondissement of Montauban and others in the arrondissement of Castelsarrasin. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Castelsarrasin INSEECode  Canton  Castelsarrasin  Montauban  Total8201 Aveyron-Lère 558202 Beaumont-de-Lomagne284328203 Castelsarrasin5168206 Montauban-1part of Montaubanpart of Montauban8207 Montauban-2part of Montaubanpart of Montauban8208 Montauban-3part of Montaubanpart of Montauban8209 Montech1898210 Pays de Serres Sud-Quercy204248211 Quercy-Aveyron15158212 Quercy-Rouergue25258213 Tarn-Tescou-Quercy vert15158215 Verdun-sur-Garonne1313

Communes
The arrondissement of Montauban has 92 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Albias (82002)
 Aucamville (82005)
 Auty (82007)
 Beaupuy (82014)
 Bessens (82017)
 Bioule (82018)
 Bouillac (82020)
 Bourret (82023)
 Bressols (82025)
 Bruniquel (82026)
 Campsas (82027)
 Canals (82028)
 Castanet (82029)
 Caussade (82037)
 Caylus (82038)
 Cayrac (82039)
 Cayriech (82040)
 Cazals (82041)
 Comberouger (82043)
 Corbarieu (82044)
 Dieupentale (82048)
 Escatalens (82052)
 Espinas (82056)
 Fabas (82057)
 Finhan (82062)
 Féneyrols (82061)
 Ginals (82069)
 Grisolles (82075)
 Génébrières (82066)
 L'Honor-de-Cos (82076)
 La Salvetat-Belmontet (82176)
 La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple (82096)
 Labarthe (82077)
 Labastide-Saint-Pierre (82079)
 Labastide-de-Penne (82078)
 Lacapelle-Livron (82082)
 Lacourt-Saint-Pierre (82085)
 Lafrançaise (82087)
 Laguépie (82088)
 Lamothe-Capdeville (82090)
 Lapenche (82092)
 Lavaurette (82095)
 Loze (82100)
 Léojac (82098)
 Mas-Grenier (82105)
 Mirabel (82110)
 Molières (82113)
 Monbéqui (82114)
 Monclar-de-Quercy (82115)
 Montalzat (82119)
 Montastruc (82120)
 Montauban (82121)
 Montbartier (82123)
 Montbeton (82124)
 Montech (82125)
 Monteils (82126)
 Montfermier (82128)
 Montpezat-de-Quercy (82131)
 Montricoux (82132)
 Mouillac (82133)
 Nohic (82135)
 Nègrepelisse (82134)
 Orgueil (82136)
 Parisot (82137)
 Piquecos (82140)
 Pompignan (82142)
 Puycornet (82144)
 Puygaillard-de-Quercy (82145)
 Puylagarde (82147)
 Puylaroque (82148)
 Reyniès (82150)
 Réalville (82149)
 Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val (82155)
 Saint-Cirq (82159)
 Saint-Étienne-de-Tulmont (82161)
 Saint-Georges (82162)
 Saint-Nauphary (82167)
 Saint-Porquier (82171)
 Saint-Projet (82172)
 Saint-Sardos (82173)
 Saint-Vincent (82174)
 Savenès (82178)
 Septfonds (82179)
 Varen (82187)
 Varennes (82188)
 Vazerac (82189)
 Vaïssac (82184)
 Verdun-sur-Garonne (82190)
 Verfeil (82191)
 Verlhac-Tescou (82192)
 Villebrumier (82194)
 Villemade (82195)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 82121  Montauban  58,826  Montauban-1, Montauban-2 and Montauban-3  Grand Montauban 82037  Caussade  6,805  Aveyron-Lère  Le Quercy Caussadais 82125  Montech  6,158  Montech  Garonne et Canal 82134  Nègrepelisse  5,511  Aveyron-Lère  Terrasses et Vallée de l'Aveyron 82190  Verdun-sur-Garonne  4,660  Verdun-sur-Garonne  Le Pays de Garonne et de Gascogne 82075  Grisolles  3,925  Verdun-sur-Garonne  Le Terroir Grisolles/Villebrumier 82124  Montbeton  3,918  Montech  Grand Montauban 82161  Saint-Étienne-de-Tulmont  3,730  Aveyron-Lère  Terrasses et Vallée de l'Aveyron 82079  Labastide-Saint-Pierre  3,646  Tarn-Tescou-Quercy vert  Le Terroir Grisolles/Villebrumier 82025  Bressols  3,645  Montech  Grand Montauban 82002  Albias  3,187  Quercy-Aveyron  Terrasses et Vallée de l'Aveyron 82096  La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple  3,184  Castelsarrasin  Les Terrasses et Plaines des Deux Cantons

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Tarn-et-Garonne department
 Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department

References

Montauban