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*:

### 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:

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

## References