Its INSEE code is 481 and its capital city is Florac-Trois-Rivières.

[2] It is the smallest and southernmost of the two arrondissements of the department.

[3] 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.

[5] 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:[6]