Arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda

The arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Dordogne "département" in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Sarlat-la-Canéda.
History.
When the Dordogne department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Sarlat-la-Canéda was part of that original department, with the name of "Arrondissement of Sarlat".
When the "communes" Sarlat and La Canéda were combined on 1 March 1965, the name of the arrondissement was changed to "Sarlat-la-Canéda".
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Sarlat-la-Canéda is the southwest of Dordogne, with an area of . It has 74,666 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the northeast by the Corrèze department, to the southeast by the Lot department, to the south by the Lot-et-Garonne department, to the west by the "arrondissement" of Bergerac and to the northwest by the "arrondissement" of Périgueux.
The Dordogne river and its tributary the Vézère river flow through the "arrondissements" of Sarlat-la-Canéda.
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 Sarlat-la-Canéda, there are two cantons where their "communes" are in different "arrondissements": Haut-Périgord Noir and Périgord Central. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Sarlat-la-Canéda has 141 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: