Arrondissement of Mende

The **arrondissement of Mende** is an arrondissement of France; it is part of the Lozère *département* in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Mende.

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

## Geography
It is the largest *arrondissement* of the department, with an area of . It has a population of 63,047 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* covers the northern part of the department and is bordered by the Cantal department to the northwest, the Haute-Loire department to the northeast), by the Ardeche department to the east, by the *arrondissement* of Florac to the south and by the Aveyron department to the west.

## 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 Mende, there are 9 cantons whose *communes* are in the *arrondissement*. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Mende has 132 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Albaret-le-Comtal (48001)
# Albaret-Sainte-Marie (48002)
# Allenc (48003)
# Altier (48004)
# Antrenas (48005)
# Arzenc-d'Apcher (48007)
# Arzenc-de-Randon (48008)
# Aumont-Aubrac (48009)
# Auroux (48010)
# Badaroux (48013)
# Bagnols-les-Bains (48014)
# Balsièges (48016)
# Banassac-Canilhac (48017)
# Barjac (48018)
# La Bastide-Puylaurent (48021)
# Belvezet (48023)
# Les Bessons (48025)
# Blavignac (48026)
# Le Bleymard (48027)
# Le Born (48029)
# Bourgs-sur-Colagne (48099)
# Brenoux (48030)
# Brion (48031)
# Le Buisson (48032)
# La Canourgue (48034)
# Chadenet (48037)
# Chambon-le-Château (48038)
# Chanac (48039)
# Chasseradès (48040)
# Chastanier (48041)
# Chastel-Nouvel (48042)
# Châteauneuf-de-Randon (48043)
# Chauchailles (48044)
# Chaudeyrac (48045)
# Chaulhac (48046)
# La Chaze-de-Peyre (48047)
# Cheylard-l'Évêque (48048)
# Cubières (48053)
# Cubiérettes (48054)
# Cultures (48055)
# Esclanèdes (48056)
# Estables (48057)
# La Fage-Montivernoux (48058)
# La Fage-Saint-Julien (48059)
# Fau-de-Peyre (48060)
# Fontans (48063)
# Fournels (48064)
# Gabrias (48068)
# Grandrieu (48070)
# Grandvals (48071)
# Grèzes (48072)
# Les Hermaux (48073)
# Javols (48076)
# Julianges (48077)
# Lachamp (48078)
# Lajo (48079)
# Langogne (48080)
# Lanuéjols (48081)
# Laubert (48082)
# Les Laubies (48083)
# Laval-Atger (48084)
# Laval-du-Tarn (48085)
# Luc (48086)
# Malbouzon (48087)
# Le Malzieu-Forain (48089)
# Le Malzieu-Ville (48090)
# Marchastel (48091)
# Marvejols (48092)
# Mas-d'Orcières (48093)
# Mende (48095)
# Montbel (48100)
# Montrodat (48103)
# Les Monts-Verts (48012)
# Nasbinals (48104)
# Naussac-Fontanes (48105)
# Noalhac (48106)
# Palhers (48107)
# La Panouse (48108)
# Paulhac-en-Margeride (48110)
# Pelouse (48111)
# Pied-de-Borne (48015)
# Pierrefiche (48112)
# Pourcharesses (48117)
# Prévenchères (48119)
# Prinsuéjols (48120)
# Prunières (48121)
# Recoules-d'Aubrac (48123)
# Recoules-de-Fumas (48124)
# Ribennes (48126)
# Rieutort-de-Randon (48127)
# Rimeize (48128)
# Rocles (48129)
# Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole (48132)
# Saint-Amans (48133)
# Saint-André-Capcèze (48135)
# Saint-Bauzile (48137)
# Saint-Bonnet-de-Chirac (48138)
# Saint-Bonnet-de-Montauroux (48139)
# Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (48140)
# Saint-Denis-en-Margeride (48145)
# Sainte-Colombe-de-Peyre (48142)
# Sainte-Eulalie (48149)
# Sainte-Hélène (48157)
# Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez (48147)
# Saint-Flour-de-Mercoire (48150)
# Saint-Frézal-d'Albuges (48151)
# Saint-Gal (48153)
# Saint-Germain-du-Teil (48156)
# Saint-Jean-la-Fouillouse (48160)
# Saint-Juéry (48161)
# Saint-Julien-du-Tournel (48164)
# Saint-Laurent-de-Muret (48165)
# Saint-Laurent-de-Veyrès (48167)
# Saint-Léger-de-Peyre (48168)
# Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu (48169)
# Saint-Paul-le-Froid (48174)
# Saint-Pierre-de-Nogaret (48175)
# Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux (48177)
# Saint-Privat-du-Fau (48179)
# Saint-Saturnin (48181)
# Saint-Sauveur-de-Ginestoux (48182)
# Saint-Sauveur-de-Peyre (48183)
# Saint-Symphorien (48184)
# Les Salces (48187)
# Les Salelles (48185)
# Serverette (48188)
# Servières (48189)
# Termes (48190)
# La Tieule (48191)
# Trélans (48192)
# La Villedieu (48197)
# Villefort (48198)

The only important city is Mende with 11,542 people living there in 2014. Other towns are Marvejols (4,882) and Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (4,169).

## Related pages
*Arrondissements of the Lozère department
*Arrondissement of Florac
*List of arrondissements of France

## References