Arrondissement of Cahors


The arrondissement of Cahors is an arrondissement of France in the Lot department in the Occitanie région. It has 98 communes. Its population is 71,943, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Cahors, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Albas
  2. Anglars-Juillac
  3. Arcambal
  4. Aujols
  5. Bach
  6. Barguelonne-en-Quercy
  7. Beauregard
  8. Bélaye
  9. Belfort-du-Quercy
  10. Bellefont-La Rauze
  11. Belmont-Sainte-Foi
  12. Berganty
  13. Boissières
  14. Bouziès
  15. Cabrerets
  16. Cahors
  17. Caillac
  18. Calamane
  19. Cambayrac
  20. Carnac-Rouffiac
  21. Cassagnes
  22. Castelfranc
  23. Castelnau-Montratier-Sainte-Alauzie
  24. Catus
  25. Cénevières
  26. Cézac
  27. Cieurac
  28. Concots
  29. Crayssac
  30. Crégols
  31. Cremps
  32. Douelle
  33. Duravel
  34. Escamps
  35. Esclauzels
  36. Espère
  37. Flaujac-Poujols
  38. Floressas
  39. Fontanes
  40. Francoulès
  41. Gigouzac
  42. Grézels
  43. Les Junies
  44. Labastide-Marnhac
  45. Labastide-du-Vert
  46. Laburgade
  47. Lacapelle-Cabanac
  48. Lagardelle
  49. Lalbenque
  50. Lamagdelaine
  51. Laramière
  52. Lendou-en-Quercy
  53. Lherm
  54. Lhospitalet
  55. Limogne-en-Quercy
  56. Lugagnac
  57. Luzech
  58. Mauroux
  59. Maxou
  60. Mechmont
  61. Mercuès
  62. Le Montat
  63. Montcabrier
  64. Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc
  65. Montdoumerc
  66. Montgesty
  67. Montlauzun
  68. Nuzéjouls
  69. Parnac
  70. Pern
  71. Pescadoires
  72. Pontcirq
  73. Porte-du-Quercy
  74. Pradines
  75. Prayssac
  76. Promilhanes
  77. Puy-l'Évêque
  78. Saillac
  79. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
  80. Saint-Denis-Catus
  81. Saint Géry-Vers
  82. Saint-Martin-Labouval
  83. Saint-Martin-le-Redon
  84. Saint-Médard
  85. Saint-Paul-Flaugnac
  86. Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille
  87. Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt
  88. Sauzet
  89. Sérignac
  90. Soturac
  91. Tour-de-Faure
  92. Touzac
  93. Trespoux-Rassiels
  94. Varaire
  95. Vaylats
  96. Vidaillac
  97. Villesèque
  98. Vire-sur-Lot

    History

The arrondissement of Cahors was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Lot, it lost two communes to the arrondissement of Figeac and 18 communes to the arrondissement of Gourdon.
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 Cahors were, as of January 2015:
  1. Cahors-Nord-Est
  2. Cahors-Nord-Ouest
  3. Cahors-Sud
  4. Castelnau-Montratier
  5. Catus
  6. Cazals
  7. Lalbenque
  8. Lauzès
  9. Limogne-en-Quercy
  10. Luzech
  11. Montcuq
  12. Puy-l'Évêque
  13. Saint-Géry