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.

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 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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Cahors INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Cahors  Figeac  Gourdon4601 Cahors-12 + part of Cahors2 + part of Cahors4602 Cahors-26 + part of Cahors6 + part of Cahors4603 Cahors-35 + part of Cahors5 + part of Cahors4604 Causse et Bouriane1616324605 Causse et Vallées22196474609 Gourdon315184612 Luzech26264613 Marches du Sud-Quercy27274615 Puy-l'Évêque2727

Communes
The arrondissement of Cahors has 129 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):


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

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

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

Cahors