Arrondissement of Mende
| Mende | |
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| Arrondissement of France | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Lozère |
| Communes | 120 |
| Prefecture | Mende |
| Area¹ | |
| • Total | 3,479.4 km2 (1,343.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 63,277 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers. | |
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.
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).
When the Lozère department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Mende was part of that original department.
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).
The cantons of the arrondissement of Mende are:
The arrondissement of Mende has 120 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Coordinates: 44°31′00″N 3°30′07″E / 44.51667°N 3.50194°E
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