Arrondissement of Lodève

The arrondissement of Lodève is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hérault "département". Its capital is the city of Lodève.
History.
When the Hérault department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Lodève was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" was eliminated in 1926 but was made again an "arrondissement" in 1942.
Geography.
It is the northernmost of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of . It has 94,714 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Lodève is bordered to the north by the Gard department, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Montpellier, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Béziers, and to the west by the Aveyron 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 Lodève, there is only one canton, the Canton of Gignac, with all is "communes" in the "arrondissement". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Lodève has 98 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: