The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the Corrèze (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department, to the west by the Cantal (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the south by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the southwest by the "arrondissement" of Cahors, and to the west by the "arrondissement" of Gourdon.