Arrondissement of Gourdon

The arrondissement of Gourdon is an arrondissement of France in the Lot department in the Occitanie region. It has 97 communes.^[2] Its population is 46,838 (2016), and its area is 1,762.3 km² (680.4 sq mi).^[3]

Gourdon
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lot
No. of communes	97
Subprefecture	Gourdon
Area	1,762.3 km2 (680.4 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	46,485
• Density	26/km2 (70/sq mi)
INSEE code	463

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Gourdon, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Alvignac (46003)
2. Anglars-Nozac (46006)
3. Les Arques (46008)
4. Baladou (46016)
5. Le Bastit (46018)
6. Bétaille (46028)
7. Bio (46030)
8. Blars (46031)
9. Calès (46047)
10. Caniac-du-Causse (46054)
11. Carennac (46058)
12. Carlucet (46059)
13. Cavagnac (46065)
14. Cazals (46066)
15. Cœur-de-Causse (46138)
16. Concorès (46072)
17. Condat (46074)
18. Couzou (46078)
19. Cras (46079)
20. Cressensac-Sarrazac (46083)
21. Creysse (46084)
22. Cuzance (46086)
23. Dégagnac (46087)
24. Fajoles (46098)
25. Floirac (46106)
26. Frayssinet (46113)
27. Frayssinet-le-Gélat (46114)
28. Gignac (46118)
29. Gindou (46120)
30. Ginouillac (46121)
31. Goujounac (46126)
32. Gourdon (46127)
33. Gramat (46128)
34. Lacave (46144)
35. Lachapelle-Auzac (46145)
36. Lamothe-Cassel (46151)
37. Lamothe-Fénelon (46152)
38. Lanzac (46153)
39. Lauzès (46162)
40. Lavercantière (46164)
41. Lavergne (46165)
42. Lentillac-du-Causse (46167)
43. Léobard (46169)
44. Loupiac (46178)
45. Lunegarde (46181)
46. Marminiac (46184)
47. Martel (46185)
48. Masclat (46186)
49. Mayrac (46337)
50. Meyronne (46192)
51. Miers (46193)
52. Milhac (46194)
53. Montamel (46196)
54. Montcléra (46200)
55. Montfaucon (46204)
56. Montvalent (46208)
57. Nadaillac-de-Rouge (46209)
58. Nadillac (46210)
59. Orniac (46212)
60. Padirac (46213)
61. Payrac (46215)
62. Payrignac (46216)
63. Les Pechs-du-Vers (46252)
64. Peyrilles (46219)
65. Pinsac (46220)
66. Pomarède (46222)
67. Rampoux (46234)
68. Reilhaguet (46236)
69. Rignac (46238)
70. Le Roc (46239)
71. Rocamadour (46240)
72. Rouffilhac (46241)
73. Sabadel-Lauzès (46245)
74. Saint-Caprais (46250)
75. Saint-Chamarand (46253)
76. Saint-Cirq-Madelon (46257)
77. Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet (46258)
78. Saint-Clair (46259)
79. Saint-Denis-lès-Martel (46265)
80. Saint-Germain-du-Bel-Air (46267)
81. Saint-Michel-de-Bannières (46283)
82. Saint-Projet (46290)
83. Saint-Sozy (46293)
84. Salviac (46297)
85. Sénaillac-Lauzès (46303)
86. Séniergues (46304)
87. Soucirac (46308)
88. Souillac (46309)
89. Soulomès (46310)
90. Strenquels (46312)
91. Thédirac (46316)
92. Thégra (46317)
93. Ussel (46323)
94. Uzech (46324)
95. Vayrac (46330)
96. Le Vigan (46334)
97. Le Vignon-en-Quercy (46232)

History

The arrondissement of Gourdon was created in 1800.^[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Lot, it gained 18 communes from the arrondissement of Cahors.^[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 Gourdon were, as of January 2015:^[6]

1. Gourdon
2. Gramat
3. Labastide-Murat
4. Martel
5. Payrac
6. Saint-Germain-du-Bel-Air
7. Salviac
8. Souillac
9. Vayrac

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 Gourdon (463)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
3. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
4. Historique du Lot
5. "Arrêté préfectoral, 29 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 72–74. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
6. "Populations légales 2012: 46 Lot" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014.

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