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*:

### 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:

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

## References