Arrondissement of Florac


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. Its population is 13,242, and its area is.
It is the smallest and southernmost of the two arrondissements of the department. There is only one town with more than 1,000 inhabitants: Florac, with 1,958 inhabitants.

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

The arrondissement of Florac has 38 communes; they are :
  1. Barre-des-Cévennes
  2. Bassurels
  3. Bédouès-Cocurès
  4. Les Bondons
  5. Cans-et-Cévennes
  6. Cassagnas
  7. Le Collet-de-Dèze
  8. Florac-Trois-Rivières
  9. Fraissinet-de-Fourques
  10. Gabriac
  11. Gatuzières
  12. Gorges du Tarn Causses
  13. Hures-la-Parade
  14. Ispagnac
  15. La Malène
  16. Mas-Saint-Chély
  17. Massegros Causses Gorges
  18. Meyrueis
  19. Moissac-Vallée-Française
  20. Molezon
  21. Le Pompidou
  22. Pont-de-Montvert-Sud-Mont-Lozère
  23. Rousses
  24. Le Rozier
  25. Saint-André-de-Lancize
  26. Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française
  27. Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française
  28. Saint-Germain-de-Calberte
  29. Saint-Hilaire-de-Lavit
  30. Saint-Julien-des-Points
  31. Saint-Martin-de-Boubaux
  32. Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle
  33. Saint-Michel-de-Dèze
  34. Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers
  35. Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue
  36. Vebron
  37. Ventalon-en-Cévennes
  38. Vialas

    History

The arrondissement of Florac was created in 1800.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Florac were, as of January 2015:
  1. Barre-des-Cévennes
  2. Florac
  3. Le Massegros
  4. Meyrueis
  5. Le Pont-de-Montvert
  6. Sainte-Enimie
  7. Saint-Germain-de-Calberte