Arrondissement of Lodève


The arrondissement of Lodève is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hérault département. Its INSEE code is 342 and its capital city is Lodève. It has 122 communes. Its population is 138,746, and its area is.
It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department. The main cities, with more than 5,000 inhabitants in 2012, in the arrondissement are Clermont-l'Hérault, Lodève, Gignac and Saint-André-de-Sangonis.

Geography

The arrondissement of Lodève is bordered to the north by the Gard department, to the east by the arrondissement of Montpellier, to the south by the arrondissement of Béziers, and to the west by the Aveyron department.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Lodève are :
  1. Agonès
  2. Aniane
  3. Arboras
  4. Argelliers
  5. Aspiran
  6. Assas
  7. Aumelas
  8. Bélarga
  9. La Boissière
  10. Le Bosc
  11. Brignac
  12. Brissac
  13. Buzignargues
  14. Cabrières
  15. Campagnan
  16. Canet
  17. Causse-de-la-Selle
  18. Le Caylar
  19. Cazevieille
  20. Cazilhac
  21. Celles
  22. Ceyras
  23. Claret
  24. Clermont-l'Hérault
  25. Combaillaux
  26. Le Cros
  27. Ferrières-les-Verreries
  28. Fontanès
  29. Fontès
  30. Fozières
  31. Ganges
  32. Gignac
  33. Gorniès
  34. Guzargues
  35. Jonquières
  36. Lacoste
  37. Lagamas
  38. Laroque
  39. Lauret
  40. Lauroux
  41. Lavalette
  42. Liausson
  43. Lieuran-Cabrières
  44. Lodève
  45. Mas-de-Londres
  46. Les Matelles
  47. Mérifons
  48. Montarnaud
  49. Montoulieu
  50. Montpeyroux
  51. Moulès-et-Baucels
  52. Mourèze
  53. Murles
  54. Nébian
  55. Notre-Dame-de-Londres
  56. Octon
  57. Olmet-et-Villecun
  58. Paulhan
  59. Pégairolles-de-Buèges
  60. Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette
  61. Péret
  62. Plaissan
  63. Les Plans
  64. Popian
  65. Le Pouget
  66. Poujols
  67. Pouzols
  68. Le Puech
  69. Puéchabon
  70. Puilacher
  71. Les Rives
  72. Romiguières
  73. Roqueredonde
  74. Rouet
  75. Saint-André-de-Buèges
  76. Saint-André-de-Sangonis
  77. Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve
  78. Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel
  79. Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois
  80. Saint-Clément-de-Rivière
  81. Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues
  82. Saint-Étienne-de-Gourgas
  83. Saint-Félix-de-Lodez
  84. Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras
  85. Saint-Gély-du-Fesc
  86. Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
  87. Saint-Guiraud
  88. Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir
  89. Saint-Jean-de-Buèges
  90. Saint-Jean-de-Cornies
  91. Saint-Jean-de-Cuculles
  92. Saint-Jean-de-Fos
  93. Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière
  94. Saint-Martin-de-Londres
  95. Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers
  96. Saint-Maurice-Navacelles
  97. Saint-Michel
  98. Saint-Pargoire
  99. Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle
  100. Saint-Pierre-de-la-Fage
  101. Saint-Privat
  102. Saint-Saturnin-de-Lucian
  103. Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues
  104. Salasc
  105. Sauteyrargues
  106. Sorbs
  107. Soubès
  108. Soumont
  109. Teyran
  110. Tressan
  111. Le Triadou
  112. Usclas-d'Hérault
  113. Usclas-du-Bosc
  114. La Vacquerie-et-Saint-Martin-de-Castries
  115. Vacquières
  116. Vailhauquès
  117. Valflaunès
  118. Valmascle
  119. Vendémian
  120. Villeneuvette
  121. Viols-en-Laval
  122. Viols-le-Fort

    History

The arrondissement of Lodève was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1942. In 2009 it absorbed the three cantons of Aniane, Ganges and Saint-Martin-de-Londres from the arrondissement of Montpellier. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Hérault, it gained five communes from the arrondissement of Béziers and 26 communes from the arrondissement of Montpellier, and it lost seven communes to the arrondissement of Béziers.
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 Lodève were, as of January 2015:
  1. Aniane
  2. Le Caylar
  3. Clermont-l'Hérault
  4. Ganges
  5. Gignac
  6. Lodève
  7. Lunas
  8. Saint-Martin-de-Londres