Arrondissement of Auch

The arrondissement of Auch is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Gers "département" in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Auch.
History.
When the "arrondissements" were created on 17 February 1800, Auch was one of them in the Gers department.
Geography.
It is the easternmost of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of . It is the most populated "arrondissement" with 87,118 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north and northwest by the "arrondissement" of Condom, to the east by the Haute-Garonne department, and to the south and southwest by the "arrondissement" of Mirande.
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 Auch, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Astarac-Gimone, Fezensac, Gascogne-Auscitaine and Gimone-Arrats. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Auch has 154 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: