Arrondissement of Lodève

The arrondissement of Lodève is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hérault département. Its INSEE code is 342 and its capital city is Lodève. It has 122 communes.^[2] Its population is 138,746 (2016), and its area is 2,005.0 km² (774.1 sq mi).^[3]

Lodève
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
No. of communes	122
Subprefecture	Lodève
Area	2,005.0 km2 (774.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	146,845
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE code	342

It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department. The main towns in the arrondissement, with more than 7,000 inhabitants in 2019, are Saint-Gély-du-Fesc (10,197 inhabitants), Clermont-l'Hérault (9,029 inhabitants) and Lodève (7,477 inhabitants).^[4]

Geography

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

The communes of the arrondissement of Lodève are (with their INSEE codes):^[2]

1. Agonès (34005)
2. Aniane (34010)
3. Arboras (34011)
4. Argelliers (34012)
5. Aspiran (34013)
6. Assas (34014)
7. Aumelas (34016)
8. Bélarga (34029)
9. La Boissière (34035)
10. Le Bosc (34036)
11. Brignac (34041)
12. Brissac (34042)
13. Buzignargues (34043)
14. Cabrières (34045)
15. Campagnan (34047)
16. Canet (34051)
17. Causse-de-la-Selle (34060)
18. Le Caylar (34064)
19. Cazevieille (34066)
20. Cazilhac (34067)
21. Celles (34072)
22. Ceyras (34076)
23. Claret (34078)
24. Clermont-l'Hérault (34079)
25. Combaillaux (34082)
26. Le Cros (34091)
27. Ferrières-les-Verreries (34099)
28. Fontanès (34102)
29. Fontès (34103)
30. Fozières (34106)
31. Ganges (34111)
32. Gignac (34114)
33. Gorniès (34115)
34. Guzargues (34118)
35. Jonquières (34122)
36. Lacoste (34124)
37. Lagamas (34125)
38. Laroque (34128)
39. Lauret (34131)
40. Lauroux (34132)
41. Lavalette (34133)
42. Liausson (34137)
43. Lieuran-Cabrières (34138)
44. Lodève (34142)
45. Mas-de-Londres (34152)
46. Les Matelles (34153)
47. Mérifons (34156)
48. Montarnaud (34163)
49. Montoulieu (34171)
50. Montpeyroux (34173)
51. Moulès-et-Baucels (34174)
52. Mourèze (34175)
53. Murles (34177)
54. Nébian (34180)
55. Notre-Dame-de-Londres (34185)
56. Octon (34186)
57. Olmet-et-Villecun (34188)
58. Paulhan (34194)
59. Pégairolles-de-Buèges (34195)
60. Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette (34196)
61. Péret (34197)
62. Plaissan (34204)
63. Les Plans (34205)
64. Popian (34208)
65. Le Pouget (34210)
66. Poujols (34212)
67. Pouzols (34215)
68. Le Puech (34220)
69. Puéchabon (34221)
70. Puilacher (34222)
71. Les Rives (34230)
72. Romiguières (34231)
73. Roqueredonde (34233)
74. Rouet (34236)
75. Saint-André-de-Buèges (34238)
76. Saint-André-de-Sangonis (34239)
77. Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve (34241)
78. Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel (34242)
79. Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois (34243)
80. Saint-Clément-de-Rivière (34247)
81. Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues (34248)
82. Saint-Étienne-de-Gourgas (34251)
83. Saint-Félix-de-Lodez (34254)
84. Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras (34253)
85. Saint-Gély-du-Fesc (34255)
86. Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (34261)
87. Saint-Guiraud (34262)
88. Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir (34263)
89. Saint-Jean-de-Buèges (34264)
90. Saint-Jean-de-Cornies (34265)
91. Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles (34266)
92. Saint-Jean-de-Fos (34267)
93. Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière (34268)
94. Saint-Martin-de-Londres (34274)
95. Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers (34276)
96. Saint-Maurice-Navacelles (34277)
97. Saint-Michel (34278)
98. Saint-Pargoire (34281)
99. Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle (34282)
100. Saint-Pierre-de-la-Fage (34283)
101. Saint-Privat (34286)
102. Saint-Saturnin-de-Lucian (34287)
103. Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues (34290)
104. Salasc (34292)
105. Sauteyrargues (34297)
106. Sorbs (34303)
107. Soubès (34304)
108. Soumont (34306)
109. Teyran (34309)
110. Tressan (34313)
111. Le Triadou (34314)
112. Usclas-d'Hérault (34315)
113. Usclas-du-Bosc (34316)
114. La Vacquerie-et-Saint-Martin-de-Castries (34317)
115. Vacquières (34318)
116. Vailhauquès (34320)
117. Valflaunès (34322)
118. Valmascle (34323)
119. Vendémian (34328)
120. Villeneuvette (34338)
121. Viols-en-Laval (34342)
122. Viols-le-Fort (34343)

History

The arrondissement of Lodève was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1942.^[5] In 2009 it absorbed the three cantons of Aniane, Ganges and Saint-Martin-de-Londres from the arrondissement of Montpellier.^[6] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Hérault, it gained five communes from the arrondissement of Béziers and 26 communes from the arrondissement of Montpellier, and it lost seven communes to the arrondissement of Béziers.^[7]

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 Lodève were, as of January 2015:^[8]

1. Aniane
2. Le Caylar
3. Clermont-l'Hérault
4. Ganges
5. Gignac
6. Lodève
7. Lunas
8. Saint-Martin-de-Londres

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. "Arrondissement de Lodève (342)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
3. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
4. Populations légales 2019: 34 Hérault, INSEE
5. Historique de l'Hérault
6. "Arrêté préfectoral, 28 July 2009" (PDF). pp. 41–43. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
7. "Arrêté préfectoral, 29 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 62–70. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
8. Populations légales 2012: 34 Hérault, INSEE

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