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*:

### 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:

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

## References