Country France Communes 132 Area 3,479 km² Commune 132 | Region Occitanie Prefecture Mende Department Lozère | |
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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.
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It is the larger arrondissement of the department, with an area of 3,479.4 km2 (1,343.4 sq mi). It has a population of 63,613 inhabitants and a density of 18.3 inhabitants/km².
The only important city is Mende with 11,908 people living there in 2012. Other towns are Marvejols (4,950) and Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (4,187).
History
When the Lozère department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Mende was part of that original department.
Geography
The arrondissement covers the northern part of the department and is bordered to the north by the Auvergne region (the Cantal department to the northwest and the Haute-Loire department to the northeast), to the east by the Ardeche department (Rhône-Alpes region), to the south by the arrondissement of Florac and to the west by the Aveyron department (Midi-Pyrénées region).
Cantons
The cantons of the arrondissement of Mende are:
Communes
The arrondissement of Mende has 132 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):