Arrondissement of Florac

The arrondissement of Florac is an arrondissement of France; it is part of the Lozère département in the Occitanie region.

History
When the Lozère department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Florac was part of that original department.

Geography
It is the smallest and southernmost of the two arrondissements of the department, with an area of . It has 13,313 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km²

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Mende, to the east and south by the Gard department, and to the west by the Aveyron 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 Florac, there are 2 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Le Collet-de-Dèze and Florac. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Florac INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Florac  Mende4802 La Canourgue77144804 Le Collet-de-Dèze25254805 Florac11114813 Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez71825

Communes
The arrondissement of Florac has 44 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Barre-des-Cévennes (48019)
 Bassurels (48020)
 Bédouès-Cocurès (48050)
 Les Bondons (48028)
 Cans-et-Cévennes (48166)
 Cassagnas (48036)
 Le Collet-de-Dèze (48051)
 Florac Trois Rivières (48061)
 Fraissinet-de-Fourques (48065)
 Gabriac (48067)
 Gatuzières (48069)
 Hures-la-Parade (48074)
 Ispagnac (48075)
 La Malène (48088)
 Mas-Saint-Chély (48141)
 Le Massegros (48094)
 Meyrueis (48096)
 Moissac-Vallée-Française (48097)
 Molezon (48098)
 Montbrun (48101)
 Le Pompidou (48115)
 Pont-de-Montvert-Sud-Mont-Lozère (48116)
 Quézac (48122)
 Le Recoux (48125)
 Rousses (48130)
 Le Rozier (48131)
 Saint-André-de-Lancize (48136)
 Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française (48144)
 Sainte-Enimie (48146)
 Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française (48148)
 Saint-Georges-de-Lévéjac (48154)
 Saint-Germain-de-Calberte (48155)
 Saint-Hilaire-de-Lavit (48158)
 Saint-Julien-des-Points (48163)
 Saint-Martin-de-Boubaux (48170)
 Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle (48171)
 Saint-Michel-de-Dèze (48173)
 Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers (48176)
 Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue (48178)
 Saint-Rome-de-Dolan (48180)
 Vebron (48193)
 Ventalon-en-Cévennes (48152)
 Vialas (48194)
 Les Vignes (48195)

There is only a town with more than 1,000 inhabitants, and it is the subprefecture, Florac Trois Rivières, with 2,107 inhabitants.

Related pages
Arrondissements of the Lozère department
Arrondissement of Mende
List of arrondissements of France

References

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