Arrondissement of Gourdon

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

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

Geography
It is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with an area of . It is also the arrondissement with fewer people living there, with 43,372 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the by the Corrèze (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department, to the east by the arrondissement of Figeac, to the south by the arrondissement of Cahors and to the west by the Dordogne (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 Gourdon, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement; the other two 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 Gourdon INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Cahors  Figeac  Gourdon4604 Causse et Bouriane1616324605 Causse et Vallées22196474609 Gourdon315184610 Gramat512174614 Martel18184617 Souillac1818

Communes
The arrondissement of Gourdon has 81 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Alvignac (46003)
 Anglars-Nozac (46006)
 Baladou (46016)
 Le Bastit (46018)
 Bétaille (46028)
 Bio (46030)
 Calès (46047)
 Caniac-du-Causse (46054)
 Carennac (46058)
 Carlucet (46059)
 Cavagnac (46065)
 Cazillac (46067)
 Cœur-de-Causse (46138)
 Concorès (46072)
 Condat (46074)
 Couzou (46078)
 Cressensac (46083)
 Creysse (46084)
 Cuzance (46086)
 Dégagnac (46087)
 Fajoles (46098)
 Floirac (46106)
 Frayssinet (46113)
 Gignac (46118)
 Ginouillac (46121)
 Gourdon (46127)
 Gramat (46128)
 Lacave (46144)
 Lachapelle-Auzac (46145)
 Lamothe-Cassel (46151)
 Lamothe-Fénelon (46152)
 Lanzac (46153)
 Lavercantière (46164)
 Lavergne (46165)
 Léobard (46169)
 Loupiac (46178)
 Lunegarde (46181)
 Martel (46185)
 Masclat (46186)
 Mayrac (46337)
 Meyronne (46192)
 Miers (46193)
 Milhac (46194)
 Montamel (46196)
 Montfaucon (46204)
 Montvalent (46208)
 Nadaillac-de-Rouge (46209)
 Padirac (46213)
 Payrac (46215)
 Payrignac (46216)
 Peyrilles (46219)
 Pinsac (46220)
 Les Quatre-Routes-du-Lot (46232)
 Rampoux (46234)
 Reilhaguet (46236)
 Rignac (46238)
 Le Roc (46239)
 Rocamadour (46240)
 Rouffilhac (46241)
 Saint-Chamarand (46253)
 Saint-Cirq-Madelon (46257)
 Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet (46258)
 Saint-Clair (46259)
 Saint-Denis-lès-Martel (46265)
 Saint-Germain-du-Bel-Air (46267)
 Saint-Michel-de-Bannières (46283)
 Saint-Projet (46290)
 Saint-Sozy (46293)
 Salviac (46297)
 Sarrazac (46298)
 Séniergues (46304)
 Soucirac (46308)
 Souillac (46309)
 Soulomès (46310)
 Strenquels (46312)
 Thédirac (46316)
 Thégra (46317)
 Ussel (46323)
 Uzech (46324)
 Vayrac (46330)
 Le Vigan (46334)

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

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 46127  Gourdon  4,297  Gourdon  Quercy - Bouriane 46128  Gramat  3,611  Gramat  Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne 46309  Souillac  3,366  Souillac  Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne 46185  Martel  1,620  Martel  Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne 46334  Le Vigan  1,551  Gourdon  Quercy - Bouriane 46330  Vayrac  1,351  Martel  Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne 46297  Salviac  1,208  Gourdon  Cazals-Salviac

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

References

Gourdon