Arrondissement of Figeac

The arrondissement of Figeac is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Lot département in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Figeac.

History
When the arrondissements were created on 17 February 1800, Figeac was one of them in the Lot department.

Geography
It is the easternmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has a population of 54,060 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Corrèze (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department, to the west by the Cantal (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the south by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Cahors, and to the west by the arrondissement of Gourdon.

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.

In the arrondissement of Figeac, there is only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement; the other five cantons are completely within the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Figeac INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Cahors  Figeac  Gourdon4605 Causse et Vallées22196474606 Cère et Ségala21214607 Figeac-111 + part of Figeac11 + part of Figeac4608 Figeac-213 + part of Figeac13 + part of Figeac4610 Gramat512174611 Lacapelle-Marival32324616 Saint-Céré1818

Communes
The arrondissement of Figeac has 116 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Albiac (46002)
 Anglars (46004)
 Assier (46009)
 Autoire (46011)
 Aynac (46012)
 Bagnac-sur-Célé (46015)
 Bannes (46017)
 Béduer (46021)
 Belmont-Bretenoux (46024)
 Bessonies (46338)
 Biars-sur-Cère (46029)
 Le Bourg (46034)
 Boussac (46035)
 Le Bouyssou (46036)
 Brengues (46039)
 Bretenoux (46038)
 Cadrieu (46041)
 Cahus (46043)
 Cajarc (46045)
 Cambes (46051)
 Camboulit (46052)
 Camburat (46053)
 Capdenac (46055)
 Carayac (46056)
 Cardaillac (46057)
 Corn (46075)
 Cornac (46076)
 Cuzac (46085)
 Durbans (46090)
 Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie (46093)
 Espédaillac (46094)
 Espeyroux (46096)
 Estal (46097)
 Faycelles (46100)
 Felzins (46101)
 Figeac (46102)
 Flaujac-Gare (46104)
 Fons (46108)
 Fourmagnac (46111)
 Frayssinhes (46115)
 Frontenac (46116)
 Gagnac-sur-Cère (46117)
 Gintrac (46122)
 Girac (46123)
 Glanes (46124)
 Gorses (46125)
 Gréalou (46129)
 Grèzes (46131)
 Issendolus (46132)
 Issepts (46133)
 Labastide-du-Haut-Mont (46135)
 Labathude (46139)
 Lacapelle-Marival (46143)
 Ladirat (46146)
 Larnagol (46155)
 Larroque-Toirac (46157)
 Latouille-Lentillac (46159)
 Latronquière (46160)
 Lauresses (46161)
 Laval-de-Cère (46163)
 Lentillac-Saint-Blaise (46168)
 Leyme (46170)
 Linac (46174)
 Lissac-et-Mouret (46175)
 Livernon (46176)
 Loubressac (46177)
 Lunan (46180)
 Marcilhac-sur-Célé (46183)
 Mayrinhac-Lentour (46189)
 Molières (46195)
 Montbrun (46198)
 Montet-et-Bouxal (46203)
 Montredon (46207)
 Planioles (46221)
 Prendeignes (46226)
 Prudhomat (46228)
 Puybrun (46229)
 Puyjourdes (46230)
 Quissac (46233)
 Reilhac (46235)
 Reyrevignes (46237)
 Rudelle (46242)
 Rueyres (46243)
 Sabadel-Latronquière (46244)
 Saignes (46246)
 Saint-Bressou (46249)
 Saint-Céré (46251)
 Saint-Chels (46254)
 Saint-Cirgues (46255)
 Sainte-Colombe (46260)
 Saint-Félix (46266)
 Saint-Hilaire (46269)
 Saint-Jean-de-Laur (46270)
 Saint-Jean-Lagineste (46339)
 Saint-Jean-Lespinasse (46271)
 Saint-Jean-Mirabel (46272)
 Saint-Laurent-les-Tours (46273)
 Saint-Maurice-en-Quercy (46279)
 Saint-Médard-de-Presque (46281)
 Saint-Médard-Nicourby (46282)
 Saint-Michel-Loubéjou (46284)
 Saint-Paul-de-Vern (46286)
 Saint-Perdoux (46288)
 Saint-Pierre-Toirac (46289)
 Saint-Simon (46292)
 Saint-Sulpice (46294)
 Saint-Vincent-du-Pendit (46295)
 Sénaillac-Latronquière (46302)
 Sonac (46306)
 Sousceyrac-en-Quercy (46311)
 Tauriac (46313)
 Terrou (46314)
 Teyssieu (46315)
 Thémines (46318)
 Théminettes (46319)
 Viazac (46332)

The communes with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 46102  Figeac  9,820  Figeac-1 and Figeac-2  Le Grand Figeac 46251  Saint-Céré  3,503  Saint-Céré  Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne 46029  Biars-sur-Cère  2,033  Cère et Ségala  Cère et Dordogne 46015  Bagnac-sur-Célé  1,531  Figeac-2  Le Grand Figeac 46311  Sousceyrac-en-Quercy  1,397  Saint-Céré  Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne 46038  Bretenoux  1,395  Cère et Ségala  Cère et Dordogne 46143  Lacapelle-Marival  1,310  Lacapelle-Marival  Le Grand Figeac 46045  Cajarc  1,133  Causse et Vallées  Causse et Vallées 46055  Capdenac  1,093  Figeac-2  Le Grand Figeac

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Lot department
 Communes of the Lot department

References

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