Arrondissement of Mende


The arrondissement of Mende is an arrondissement of France in the Lozère department in the Occitanie région. Its INSEE code is 482 and its capital city, and prefecture of the department, is Mende. Its population is 63,180, and its area is.
The only important city is Mende with 11,908 people living there in 2012. Other towns are Marvejols and Saint-Chély-d'Apcher.

Geography

The arrondissement covers the northern part of the department and is bordered to the north and east by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, to the south by the arrondissement of Florac and to the west by the Aveyron department.

Composition

The arrondissement of Mende has 114 communes; they are :
  1. Albaret-le-Comtal
  2. Albaret-Sainte-Marie
  3. Allenc
  4. Altier
  5. Antrenas
  6. Arzenc-d'Apcher
  7. Arzenc-de-Randon
  8. Auroux
  9. Badaroux
  10. Balsièges
  11. Banassac-Canilhac
  12. Barjac
  13. La Bastide-Puylaurent
  14. Bel-Air-Val-d'Ance
  15. Les Bessons
  16. Blavignac
  17. Le Born
  18. Bourgs-sur-Colagne
  19. Brenoux
  20. Brion
  21. Le Buisson
  22. La Canourgue
  23. Chadenet
  24. Chanac
  25. Chastanier
  26. Chastel-Nouvel
  27. Châteauneuf-de-Randon
  28. Chauchailles
  29. Chaudeyrac
  30. Chaulhac
  31. Cheylard-l'Évêque
  32. Cubières
  33. Cubiérettes
  34. Cultures
  35. Esclanèdes
  36. La Fage-Montivernoux
  37. La Fage-Saint-Julien
  38. Fontans
  39. Fournels
  40. Gabrias
  41. Grandrieu
  42. Grandvals
  43. Grèzes
  44. Les Hermaux
  45. Julianges
  46. Lachamp-Ribennes
  47. Lajo
  48. Langogne
  49. Lanuéjols
  50. Laubert
  51. Les Laubies
  52. Laval-du-Tarn
  53. Luc
  54. Le Malzieu-Forain
  55. Le Malzieu-Ville
  56. Marchastel
  57. Marvejols
  58. Mende
  59. Montbel
  60. Mont Lozère et Goulet
  61. Montrodat
  62. Monts-de-Randon
  63. Les Monts-Verts
  64. Nasbinals
  65. Naussac-Fontanes
  66. Noalhac
  67. Palhers
  68. La Panouse
  69. Paulhac-en-Margeride
  70. Pelouse
  71. Peyre-en-Aubrac
  72. Pied-de-Borne
  73. Pierrefiche
  74. Pourcharesses
  75. Prévenchères
  76. Prinsuéjols-Malbouzon
  77. Prunières
  78. Recoules-d'Aubrac
  79. Recoules-de-Fumas
  80. Rimeize
  81. Rocles
  82. Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole
  83. Saint-André-Capcèze
  84. Saint-Bauzile
  85. Saint-Bonnet-de-Chirac
  86. Saint-Bonnet-Laval
  87. Saint-Chély-d'Apcher
  88. Saint-Denis-en-Margeride
  89. Sainte-Eulalie
  90. Sainte-Hélène
  91. Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez
  92. Saint-Flour-de-Mercoire
  93. Saint-Frézal-d'Albuges
  94. Saint-Gal
  95. Saint-Germain-du-Teil
  96. Saint-Jean-la-Fouillouse
  97. Saint-Juéry
  98. Saint-Laurent-de-Muret
  99. Saint-Laurent-de-Veyrès
  100. Saint-Léger-de-Peyre
  101. Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu
  102. Saint-Paul-le-Froid
  103. Saint-Pierre-de-Nogaret
  104. Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
  105. Saint-Privat-du-Fau
  106. Saint-Saturnin
  107. Saint-Sauveur-de-Ginestoux
  108. Les Salces
  109. Les Salelles
  110. Serverette
  111. Termes
  112. La Tieule
  113. Trélans
  114. Villefort

    History

The arrondissement of Mende 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 Mende were, as of January 2015:
  1. Aumont-Aubrac
  2. Le Bleymard
  3. La Canourgue
  4. Chanac
  5. Châteauneuf-de-Randon
  6. Fournels
  7. Grandrieu
  8. Langogne
  9. Le Malzieu-Ville
  10. Marvejols
  11. Mende-Nord
  12. Mende-Sud
  13. Nasbinals
  14. Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole
  15. Saint-Amans
  16. Saint-Chély-d'Apcher
  17. Saint-Germain-du-Teil
  18. Villefort