Arrondissement of Florac
Florac | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Occitanie | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Lozère |
| No. of communes | 38 |
| Subprefecture | Florac Trois Rivières |
| Area | 1,687.5 km2 (651.5 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 13,050 |
| INSEE code | 481 |
The arrondissement of Florac is an arrondissement of France; it is part of the Lozère département in the Occitanie region.
History[change | change source]
When the Lozère department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Florac was part of that original department.[2]
Geography[change | change source]
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).[3] It has 13,313 inhabitants and a density of 7.9 inhabitants/km²[4]
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Mende, to the east and south by the Gard department, and to the west by the Aveyron department.
Composition[change | change source]
Cantons[change | change source]
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Florac, there are 2 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Le Collet-de-Dèze and Florac. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florac | Mende | |||
| 4802 | La Canourgue | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 4804 | Le Collet-de-Dèze | 25 | 25 | |
| 4805 | Florac | 11 | 11 | |
| 4813 | Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez | 7 | 18 | 25 |
Communes[change | change source]
The arrondissement of Florac has 44 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
- Barre-des-Cévennes (48019)
- Bassurels (48020)
- Bédouès-Cocurès (48050)
- Les Bondons (48028)
- Cans-et-Cévennes (48166)
- Cassagnas (48036)
- Le Collet-de-Dèze (48051)
- Florac Trois Rivières (48061)
- Fraissinet-de-Fourques (48065)
- Gabriac (48067)
- Gatuzières (48069)
- Hures-la-Parade (48074)
- Ispagnac (48075)
- La Malène (48088)
- Mas-Saint-Chély (48141)
- Le Massegros (48094)
- Meyrueis (48096)
- Moissac-Vallée-Française (48097)
- Molezon (48098)
- Montbrun (48101)
- Le Pompidou (48115)
- Pont-de-Montvert-Sud-Mont-Lozère (48116)
- Quézac (48122)
- Le Recoux (48125)
- Rousses (48130)
- Le Rozier (48131)
- Saint-André-de-Lancize (48136)
- Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française (48144)
- Sainte-Enimie (48146)
- Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française (48148)
- Saint-Georges-de-Lévéjac (48154)
- Saint-Germain-de-Calberte (48155)
- Saint-Hilaire-de-Lavit (48158)
- Saint-Julien-des-Points (48163)
- Saint-Martin-de-Boubaux (48170)
- Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle (48171)
- Saint-Michel-de-Dèze (48173)
- Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers (48176)
- Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue (48178)
- Saint-Rome-de-Dolan (48180)
- Vebron (48193)
- Ventalon-en-Cévennes (48152)
- Vialas (48194)
- Les Vignes (48195)
There is only a town with more than 1,000 inhabitants, and it is the subprefecture, Florac Trois Rivières, with 2,107 inhabitants.[4]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique de la Lozère". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "Département de la Lozère (48)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-245 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Lozère" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "Département de la Lozère (48)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 February 2017.