Arrondissement of Mirande

The arrondissement of Mirande is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Gers departement in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Mirande.
History
When the arrondissements were created on 17 February 1800, Mirande was one of them in the Gers department.
Geography
It is the southernmost and the smallest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of . It is also the arrondissement with fewer people living there, with 37,945 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km2.
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Auch and Condom arrondissements, to the southeast by the Haute-Garonne department, to the south by the Hautes-Pyrenees and the Pyrenees-Atlantiques departments, and to the west by the Landes 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 Mirande, there are two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Astarac-Gimone and Fezensac. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
Communes
The arrondissement of Mirande has 150 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Aignan (32001)
Arblade-le-Bas (32004)
Armentieux (32008)
Armous-et-Cau (32009)
Arrouede (32010)
Aujan-Mournede (32015)
Aurensan (32017)
Aussos (32468)
Aux-Aussat (32020)
Averon-Bergelle (32022)
Barcelonne-du-Gers (32027)
Barcugnan (32028)
Bars (32030)
Bassoues (32032)
Bazugues (32034)
Beaumarches (32036)
Beccas (32039)
Bellegarde (32041)
Belloc-Saint-Clamens (32042)
Berdoues (32045)
Bernede (32046)
Betplan (32050)
Blousson-Serian (32058)
Bouzon-Gellenave (32063)
Bezues-Bajon (32053)
Cabas-Loumasses (32067)
Cahuzac-sur-Adour (32070)
Cannet (32074)
Castelnau-d'Angles (32077)
Castelnavet (32081)
Castex (32086)
Caumont (32093)
Cazaux-Villecomtal (32099)
Chelan (32103)
Clermont-Pouyguilles (32104)
Corneillan (32108)
Couloume-Mondebat (32109)
Courties (32111)
Cuelas (32114)
Duffort (32116)
Esclassan-Labastide (32122)
Estampes (32126)
Estipouy (32128)
Fusterouau (32135)
Galiax (32136)
Gazax-et-Baccarisse (32144)
Goux (32151)
Gee-Riviere (32145)
Haget (32152)
Idrac-Respailles (32156)
Izotges (32161)
Juillac (32164)
Ju-Belloc (32163)
L'Isle-de-Noe (32159)
Laas (32167)
Labarthete (32170)
Labejan (32172)
Ladeveze-Riviere (32174)
Ladeveze-Ville (32175)
Lagarde-Hachan (32177)
Laguian-Mazous (32181)
Lalanne-Arque (32185)
Lamazere (32187)
Lannux (32192)
Lasserade (32199)
Laveraet (32205)
Lelin-Lapujolle (32209)
Loubersan (32215)
Lourties-Monbrun (32216)
Louslitges (32217)
Loussous-Debat (32218)
Lupiac (32219)
Malabat (32225)
Manas-Bastanous (32226)
Manent-Montane (32228)
Marciac (32233)
Margouet-Meymes (32235)
Marseillan (32238)
Mascaras (32240)
Masseube (32242)
Maulicheres (32244)
Maumusson-Laguian (32245)
Miramont-d'Astarac (32254)
Mirande (32256)
Mielan (32252)
Monbardon (32260)
Moncassin (32263)
Monclar-sur-Losse (32265)
Monlaur-Bernet (32272)
Monlezun (32273)
Monpardiac (32275)
Mont-d'Astarac (32280)
Mont-de-Marrast (32281)
Montaut (32278)
Montesquiou (32285)
Monties (32287)
Montegut-Arros (32283)
Mouches (32293)
Pallanne (32303)
Panassac (32304)
Peyrusse-Grande (32315)
Peyrusse-Vieille (32317)
Plaisance (32319)
Ponsampere (32323)
Ponsan-Soubiran (32324)
Pouydraguin (32325)
Pouylebon (32326)
Projan (32333)
Prechac-sur-Adour (32330)
Ricourt (32342)
Riscle (32344)
Sabazan (32354)
Sadeillan (32355)
Saint-Arroman (32361)
Saint-Aunix-Lengros (32362)
Saint-Blancard (32365)
Saint-Christaud (32367)
Saint-Germe (32378)
Saint-Justin (32383)
Saint-Martin (32389)
Saint-Maur (32393)
Saint-Michel (32397)
Saint-Mont (32398)
Saint-Medard (32394)
Saint-Ost (32401)
Saint-Pierre-d'Aubezies (32403)
Saint-Elix-Theux (32375)
Sainte-Aurence-Cazaux (32363)
Sainte-Dode (32373)
Samaran (32409)
Sarcos (32413)
Sarragachies (32414)
Sarraguzan (32415)
Sauviac (32419)
Scieurac-et-Floures (32422)
Semboues (32427)
Sere (32430)
Segos (32424)
Tarsac (32439)
Tasque (32440)
Termes-d'Armagnac (32443)
Tieste-Uragnoux (32445)
Tillac (32446)
Tourdun (32450)
Troncens (32455)
Vergoignan (32460)
Verlus (32461)
Viella (32463)
Villecomtal-sur-Arros (32464)
Viozan (32466)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
References
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Gers department
Communes of the Gers department
Mirande