Arrondissement of Figeac

The arrondissement of Figeac is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot "département" in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Figeac.
History.
When the "arrondissements" were created on 17 February 1800, Figeac was one of them in the Lot department.
Geography.
It is the easternmost of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has a population of 54,060 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the Corrèze (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department, to the west by the Cantal (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the south by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the southwest by the "arrondissement" of Cahors, and to the west by the "arrondissement" of Gourdon.
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 Figeac, there is only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement"; the other five cantons are completely within the "arrondissement". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Figeac has 116 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: