Arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda

The arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Dordogne département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Sarlat-la-Canéda.

History
When the Dordogne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda was part of that original department, with the name of Arrondissement of Sarlat.

When the communes Sarlat and La Canéda were combined on 1 March 1965, the name of the arrondissement was changed to Sarlat-la-Canéda.

Geography
The arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda is the southwest of Dordogne, with an area of . It has 74,666 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the northeast by the Corrèze department, to the southeast by the Lot department, to the south by the Lot-et-Garonne department, to the west by the arrondissement of Bergerac and to the northwest by the arrondissement of Périgueux.

The Dordogne river and its tributary the Vézère river flow through the arrondissements of Sarlat-la-Canéda.

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 Sarlat-la-Canéda, there are two cantons where their "communes" are in different arrondissements: Haut-Périgord Noir and Périgord Central. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Bergerac  Nontron  Périgueux  Sarlat-la-Canéda2405 Haut-Périgord Noir  Part ofBassillac et Auberoche 30 302412 Périgord Central 1331 352418 Sarlat-la-Canéda 13 132420 Terrasson-Lavilledieu27 272423 Vallée Dordogne 44 442425 Vallée de l'Homme 26 26

Communes
The arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda has 141 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Ajat (24004)
 Allas-les-Mines (24006)
 Archignac (24012)
 Aubas (24014)
 Audrix (24015)
 Auriac-du-Périgord (24018)
 Azerat (24019)
 La Bachellerie (24020)
 Badefols-d'Ans (24021)
 Bars (24025)
 Beauregard-de-Terrasson (24030)
 Berbiguières (24036)
 Besse (24039)
 Beynac-et-Cazenac (24040)
 Boisseuilh (24046)
 Borrèze (24050)
 Bouzic (24063)
 Le Bugue (24067)
 Calviac-en-Périgord (24074)
 Campagnac-lès-Quercy (24075)
 Campagne (24076)
 Carlux (24081)
 Carsac-Aillac (24082)
 Carves (24084)
 La Cassagne (24085)
 Castelnaud-la-Chapelle (24086)
 Castels et Bézenac (24087)
 Cazoulès (24089)
 Cénac-et-Saint-Julien (24091)
 La Chapelle-Aubareil (24106)
 La Chapelle-Saint-Jean (24113)
 Châtres (24116)
 Les Coteaux Périgourdins (24117)
 Chourgnac (24121)
 Cladech (24122)
 Coly (24127)]
 Condat-sur-Vézère (24130)
 Coubjours (24136)
 Coux-et-Bigaroque-Mouzens (24142)
 Daglan (24150)
 Doissat (24151)
 Domme (24152)
 La Dornac (24153)
 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil (24172)
 Fanlac (24174)
 Les Farges (24175)
 La Feuillade (24179)
 Fleurac (24183)
 Florimont-Gaumier (24184)
 Fossemagne (24188)
 Gabillou (24192)
 Granges-d'Ans (24202)
 Grives (24206)
 Groléjac (24207)
 Hautefort (24210)
 Jayac (24215)
 Journiac (24217)
 Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare (24229)
 Larzac (24230)
 Lavaur (24232)
 Limeuil (24240)
 Limeyrat (24241)
 Loubejac (24245)
 Manaurie (24249)
 Marcillac-Saint-Quentin (24252)
 Marnac (24254)
 Marquay (24255)
 Mauzens-et-Miremont (24261)
 Mazeyrolles (24263)
 Meyrals (24268)
 Montagnac-d'Auberoche (24284)
 Montignac (24291)
 Monplaisant (24293)
 Nabirat (24300)
 Nadaillac (24301)
 Nailhac (24302)
 Orliac (24313)
 Orliaguet (24314)
 Paulin (24317)
 Pays-de-Belvès (24035)
 Pazayac (24321)
 Peyrignac (24324)
 Peyrillac-et-Millac (24325)
 Peyzac-le-Moustier (24326)
 Plazac (24330)
 Prats-de-Carlux (24336)
 Prats-du-Périgord (24337)
 Proissans (24341)
 La Roque-Gageac (24355)
 Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac (24356)
 Sagelat (24360)
 Saint-Amand-de-Coly (24364)
 Saint-André-d'Allas (24366)
 Saint-Aubin-de-Nabirat (24375)
 Saint-Avit-de-Vialard (24377)
 Saint-Cernin-de-l'Herm (24386)
 Saint-Chamassy (24388)
 Saint-Cirq (24389)
 Saint-Crépin-et-Carlucet (24392)
 Saint-Cybranet (24395)
 Saint-Cyprien (24396)
 Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans (24401)
 Saint-Félix-de-Reillac-et-Mortemart (24404)
 Sainte-Foy-de-Belvès (24406)
 Saint-Geniès (24412)
 Saint-Germain-de-Belvès (24416)
 Saint-Julien-de-Lampon (24432)
 Saint-Laurent-la-Vallée (24438)
 Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère (24443)
 Saint-Martial-de-Nabirat (24450)
 Sainte-Mondane (24470)
 Sainte-Nathalène (24471)
 Sainte-Orse (24473)
 Saint-Pardoux-et-Vielvic (24478)
 Saint-Pompont (24488)
 Saint-Rabier (24491)
 Sainte-Trie (24507)
 Saint-Vincent-de-Cosse (24510)
 Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel (24512)
 Salignac-Eyvigues (24516)
 Salles-de-Belvès (24517)
 Sarlat-la-Canéda (24520)
 Savignac-de-Miremont (24524)
 Sergeac (24531)
 Simeyrols (24535)
 Siorac-en-Périgord (24538)
 Tamniès (24544)
 Teillots (24545)
 Temple-Laguyon (24546)
 Terrasson-Lavilledieu (24547)
 Thenon (24550)
 Thonac (24552)
 Tourtoirac (24555)
 Tursac (24559)
 Valojoulx (24563)
 Veyrignac (24574)
 Veyrines-de-Domme (24575)
 Vézac (24577)
 Villac (24580)
 Villefranche-du-Périgord (24585)
 Vitrac (24587)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 24520  Sarlat-la-Canéda  9,127  Sarlat-la-Canéda  Sarlat-Périgord Noir 24547  Terrasson-Lavilledieu  6,186  Terrasson-Lavilledieu  Le Terrassonnais en Périgord Noir Thenon Hautefort 24291  Montignac  2,801  Vallée de l'Homme  La Vallée de l'Homme 24067  Le Bugue  2,704  Vallée de l'Homme  La Vallée de l'Homme 24229  Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare  1,811  Haut-Périgord Noir  Le Terrassonnais en Périgord Noir Thenon Hautefort 24396  Saint-Cyprien  1,613  Vallée Dordogne  Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède 24082  Carsac-Aillac  1,578  Terrasson-Lavilledieu  Le Pays de Fénelon 24356  Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac  1,564  Vallée de l'Homme  La Vallée de l'Homme 24035  Pays de Belvès  1,460  Vallée Dordogne  Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Dordogne department
 Communes of the Dordogne department

References

Sarlat-la-Caneda