The 3 arrondissements of the Lot department are:[1] In 1800 the arrondissements of Cahors, Figeac, Gourdon and Montauban were established.
The arrondissement of Montauban was ceded to the new department Tarn-et-Garonne in 1808.
[2] All of the remaining arrondissements have never disbanded.
The borders of the arrondissements of Lot were modified in January 2017:[3]