Arrondissement of Florac

Florac
Arrondissement of France
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Lozère
Communes 44
Subprefecture Florac-Trois-Rivières
Area¹
  Total 1,687.5 km2 (651.5 sq mi)
Population (2013)
  Total 13,330
  Density 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers.

The arrondissement of Florac is an arrondissement of France in the Lozère department in the Occitanie région. Its INSEE code is 481 and its capital city is Florac-Trois-Rivières.

It is the smallest and southernmost of the two arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,687.5 km2 (651.5 sq mi).[1] It has a population of 13,276 inhabitants and a density of 7.9 inhabitants/km².[2]

There is only a town with more than 1,000 inhabitants, and it is the subprefecture, Florac-Trois-Rivières, with 2,130 inhabitants.[2]

History

When the Lozère department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Florac was part of that original department.[3]

Geography

The arrondissement of Florac is surrounded by the arrondissement of Mende to the north, by the Gard department to the east and south, and by the Aveyron department to the west.

Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Florac are:

  1. La Canourgue (partly)
  2. Le Collet-de-Dèze
  3. Florac
  4. Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez (partly)

Communes

The arrondissement of Florac has 44 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

References

  1. "Arrondissement de Florac (481) - Résumé statistique". Publications et statistiques pour la France ou les régions (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Populations lègales 2012 - 48-Lozère". Populations légales 2012 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. "Historique de la Lozère". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2015.

Coordinates: 44°19′29″N 3°35′34″E / 44.32472°N 3.59278°E / 44.32472; 3.59278

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