Arrondissement of Gourdon

The arrondissement of Gourdon is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot "département" in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Gourdon.
History.
When the "arrondissements" were created on 17 February 1800, Figeac was one of them in the Lot department.
Geography.
It is the smallest "arrondissement" of the department, with an area of . It is also the "arrondissement" with fewer people living there, with 43,372 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the by the Corrèze (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Figeac, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Cahors and to the west by the Dordogne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department.
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 Gourdon, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement"; the other two cantons are completely within the "arrondissement". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Gourdon has 81 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: