Arrondissement of Cahors

The arrondissement of Cahors is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot "département" in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and of the department, is the city of Cahors.
History.
When the "arrondissements" were created in 1800, Cahors was one of them in the Lot department.
Geography.
It is the westernmost and southernmost of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , the largest in area of the department. It is the most populated "arrondissement" with 76,216 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the northwest by the Dordogne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department, to the north by the "arrondissement" of Gourdon, to the northeast by the "arrondissement" of Figeac, to the east by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the south by the Tarn-et-Garonne (Occitanie) department, to the west by the Lot-et-Garonne (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 Cahors, there is only three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement"; the other six cantons are completely within the "arrondissement". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Cahors has 129 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: