Arrondissement of Florac

The arrondissement of Florac is an arrondissement of France in the Lozère department in the Occitanie région. Its INSEE code is 481 and its capital city is Florac-Trois-Rivières. Its population is 13,242 (2016), and its area is 1,687.5 km² (651.5 sq mi).^[2]

Florac
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lozère
No. of communes	38
Subprefecture	Florac Trois Rivières
Area	1,687.5 km2 (651.5 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	13,028
• Density	8/km2 (20/sq mi)
INSEE code	481

It is the smallest and southernmost of the two arrondissements of the department. There is only one town with more than 1,000 inhabitants: Florac Trois Rivières, with 2,067 inhabitants.^[3]

Geography

The arrondissement of Florac is surrounded by the arrondissement of Mende to the north, by the Gard department to the east and south, and by the Aveyron department to the west.

Composition

The arrondissement of Florac has 38 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):^[4]

1. Barre-des-Cévennes (48019)
2. Bassurels (48020)
3. Bédouès-Cocurès (48050)
4. Les Bondons (48028)
5. Cans-et-Cévennes (48166)
6. Cassagnas (48036)
7. Le Collet-de-Dèze (48051)
8. Florac Trois Rivières (48061)
9. Fraissinet-de-Fourques (48065)
10. Gabriac (48067)
11. Gatuzières (48069)
12. Gorges du Tarn Causses (48146)
13. Hures-la-Parade (48074)
14. Ispagnac (48075)
15. La Malène (48088)
16. Mas-Saint-Chély (48141)
17. Massegros Causses Gorges (48094)
18. Meyrueis (48096)
19. Moissac-Vallée-Française (48097)
20. Molezon (48098)
21. Le Pompidou (48115)
22. Pont-de-Montvert-Sud-Mont-Lozère (48116)
23. Rousses (48130)
24. Le Rozier (48131)
25. Saint-André-de-Lancize (48136)
26. Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française (48144)
27. Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française (48148)
28. Saint-Germain-de-Calberte (48155)
29. Saint-Hilaire-de-Lavit (48158)
30. Saint-Julien-des-Points (48163)
31. Saint-Martin-de-Boubaux (48170)
32. Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle (48171)
33. Saint-Michel-de-Dèze (48173)
34. Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers (48176)
35. Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue (48178)
36. Vebron (48193)
37. Ventalon-en-Cévennes (48152)
38. Vialas (48194)

History

The arrondissement of Florac was created in 1800.^[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Florac were, as of January 2015:^[6]

1. Barre-des-Cévennes
2. Florac
3. Le Massegros
4. Meyrueis
5. Le Pont-de-Montvert
6. Sainte-Enimie
7. Saint-Germain-de-Calberte

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
2. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
3. Populations légales 2019: 48 Lozère, INSEE
4. "Arrondissement de Florac (481)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
5. Historique de la Lozère
6. Populations légales 2012: 48 Lozère, INSEE

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