Arrondissement of Lodève

The **arrondissement of Lodève** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Hérault *département*. Its capital is the city of Lodève.

## History
When the Hérault department was created on 17 February 1800, the *arrondissement* of Lodève was part of that original department.

The *arrondissement* was eliminated in 1926 but was made again an *arrondissement* in 1942.

## Geography
It is the northernmost of the *arrondissements* of the department, with an area of . It has 94,714 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* of Lodève is bordered to the north by the Gard department, to the east by the *arrondissement* of Montpellier, to the south by the *arrondissement* of Béziers, 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 Lodève, there is only one canton, the Canton of Gignac, with all is *communes* in the *arrondissement*. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Lodève has 98 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Agonès (34005)
# Aniane (34010)
# Arboras (34011)
# Argelliers (34012)
# Aspiran (34013)
# Aumelas (34016)
# Avène (34019)
# Bélarga (34029)
# La Boissière (34035)
# Le Bosc (34036)
# Le Bousquet-d'Orb (34038)
# Brenas (34040)
# Brignac (34041)
# Brissac (34042)
# Campagnan (34047)
# Canet (34051)
# Causse-de-la-Selle (34060)
# Le Caylar (34064)
# Cazilhac (34067)
# Ceilhes-et-Rocozels (34071)
# Celles (34072)
# Ceyras (34076)
# Clermont-l'Hérault (34079)
# Le Cros (34091)
# Dio-et-Valquières (34093)
# Fozières (34106)
# Ganges (34111)
# Gignac (34114)
# Gorniès (34115)
# Joncels (34121)
# Jonquières (34122)
# Lacoste (34124)
# Lagamas (34125)
# Laroque (34128)
# Lauroux (34132)
# Lavalette (34133)
# Liausson (34137)
# Lodève (34142)
# Lunas (34144)
# Mas-de-Londres (34152)
# Mérifons (34156)
# Montarnaud (34163)
# Montoulieu (34171)
# Montpeyroux (34173)
# Moulès-et-Baucels (34174)
# Mourèze (34175)
# Nébian (34180)
# Notre-Dame-de-Londres (34185)
# Octon (34186)
# Olmet-et-Villecun (34188)
# Paulhan (34194)
# Pégairolles-de-Buèges (34195)
# Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette (34196)
# Plaissan (34204)
# Les Plans (34205)
# Popian (34208)
# Le Pouget (34210)
# Poujols (34212)
# Pouzols (34215)
# Le Puech (34220)
# Puéchabon (34221)
# Puilacher (34222)
# Les Rives (34230)
# Romiguières (34231)
# Roqueredonde (34233)
# Rouet (34236)
# Saint-André-de-Buèges (34238)
# Saint-André-de-Sangonis (34239)
# Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve (34241)
# Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois (34243)
# Saint-Étienne-de-Gourgas (34251)
# Saint-Félix-de-Lodez (34254)
# Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras (34253)
# Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (34261)
# Saint-Guiraud (34262)
# Saint-Jean-de-Buèges (34264)
# Saint-Jean-de-Fos (34267)
# Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière (34268)
# Saint-Martin-de-Londres (34274)
# Saint-Maurice-Navacelles (34277)
# Saint-Michel (34278)
# Saint-Pargoire (34281)
# Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle (34282)
# Saint-Pierre-de-la-Fage (34283)
# Saint-Privat (34286)
# Saint-Saturnin-de-Lucian (34287)
# Salasc (34292)
# Sorbs (34303)
# Soubès (34304)
# Soumont (34306)
# Tressan (34313)
# Usclas-du-Bosc (34316)
# La Vacquerie-et-Saint-Martin-de-Castries (34317)
# Valmascle (34323)
# Vendémian (34328)
# Villeneuvette (34338)
# Viols-en-Laval (34342)
# Viols-le-Fort (34343)

The *communes* in the *arrondissement* with more inhabitants are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Hérault department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References