Arrondissement of Carcassonne
Carcassonne | |
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Location within the region Occitanie | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Aude |
No. of communes | 186 |
Prefecture | Carcassonne |
Area | 2,309.7 km2 (891.8 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 162,376 |
INSEE code | 111 |
The arrondissement of Carcassonne is an arrondissement of France in the Occitanie region. It is part of the Aude département. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Carcassonne.
History
[change | change source]When the Aude department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Carcassonne was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
[change | change source]It is the largest in area of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 2,668.1 km2 (1,030 sq mi),[3] and the one with more people living in it with 161,442 inhabitants and a density of 60.5 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement of Carcassonne covers the northwestern part of the Aude department; it is surrounded by departments of the Occitanie region and is bordered to the north by the Tarn department, to the northeast by the Hérault department, to the east by the arrondissement of Narbonne, to the south by the Pyrénées-Orientales department, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Limoux, to the west by the Ariège department and to the northwest by the Haute-Garonne department.
Composition
[change | change source]Cantons
[change | change source]After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Carcassonne, there are 7 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement but 3 that have communes in other arrondissements, as can be seen in the following table:
INSEE code |
Canton | Carcassonne | Limoux | Narbonne | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1101 | La Piège au Razès | 46 | 26 | 72 | |
1102 | Carcassonne-1 | part of Carcassonne | part of Carcassonne | ||
1103 | Carcassonne-2 | 6 + part of Carcassonne | 2 | 8 + part of Carcassonne | |
1104 | Carcassonne-3 | 6 + part of Carcassonne | 6 + part of Carcassonne | ||
1105 | Le Bassin Chaurien | 22 | 22 | ||
1107 | Les Corbières | 24 | 30 | 54 | |
1110 | La Malpère à la Montagne Noire | 27 | 27 | ||
1115 | Le Haut-Minervois | 23 | 23 | ||
1118 | La Montagne d'Alaric | 30 | 30 | ||
1119 | La Vallée de l'Orbiel | 22 | 22 |
Communes
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Carcassonne has 207 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
- Aigues-Vives (11001)
- Airoux (11002)
- Alairac (11005)
- Albières (11007)
- Alzonne (11009)
- Aragon (11011)
- Arquettes-en-Val (11016)
- Arzens (11018)
- Auriac (11020)
- Azille (11022)
- Badens (11023)
- Bagnoles (11025)
- Baraigne (11026)
- Barbaira (11027)
- Belflou (11030)
- Belpech (11033)
- Berriac (11037)
- Blomac (11042)
- Bouilhonnac (11043)
- Bouisse (11044)
- Bram (11049)
- Brousses-et-Villaret (11052)
- Cabrespine (11056)
- Cahuzac (11057)
- Capendu (11068)
- Carcassonne (11069)
- Carlipa (11070)
- Castans (11075)
- Castelnaudary (11076)
- Caudebronde (11079)
- Caunes-Minervois (11081)
- Caunettes-en-Val (11083)
- Caux-et-Sauzens (11084)
- Cavanac (11085)
- Cazalrenoux (11087)
- Cazilhac (11088)
- Cenne-Monestiés (11089)
- Citou (11092)
- Comigne (11095)
- Conques-sur-Orbiel (11099)
- Couffoulens (11102)
- Cumiès (11114)
- Cuxac-Cabardès (11115)
- Davejean (11117)
- Dernacueillette (11118)
- Douzens (11122)
- Fajac-en-Val (11133)
- Fajac-la-Relenque (11134)
- Fanjeaux (11136)
- Fendeille (11138)
- Floure (11146)
- Fonters-du-Razès (11149)
- Fontiers-Cabardès (11150)
- Fontiès-d'Aude (11151)
- Fournes-Cabardès (11154)
- Fraisse-Cabardès (11156)
- Félines-Termenès (11137)
- Gaja-la-Selve (11159)
- Generville (11162)
- Gourvieille (11166)
- Issel (11175)
- La Cassaigne (11072)
- La Force (11153)
- La Louvière-Lauragais (11208)
- La Pomarède (11292)
- La Redorte (11190)
- La Tourette-Cabardès (11391)
- Labastide-Esparbairenque (11180)
- Labastide-d'Anjou (11178)
- Labastide-en-Val (11179)
- Labécède-Lauragais (11181)
- Lacombe (11182)
- Lafage (11184)
- Lagrasse (11185)
- Lairière (11186)
- Lanet (11187)
- Laprade (11189)
- Laroque-de-Fa (11191)
- Lasbordes (11192)
- Lastours (11194)
- Laurabuc (11195)
- Laurac (11196)
- Laure-Minervois (11198)
- Lavalette (11199)
- Les Brunels (11054)
- Les Cassés (11074)
- Les Ilhes (11174)
- Les Martys (11221)
- Lespinassière (11200)
- Leuc (11201)
- Limousis (11205)
- Malves-en-Minervois (11215)
- Marquein (11218)
- Marseillette (11220)
- Mas-Cabardès (11222)
- Mas-Saintes-Puelles (11225)
- Mas-des-Cours (11223)
- Massac (11224)
- Mayreville (11226)
- Mayronnes (11227)
- Miraval-Cabardes (11232)
- Mireval-Lauragais (11234)
- Molandier (11236)
- Molleville (11238)
- Montauriol (11239)
- Montclar (11242)
- Montferrand (11243)
- Montirat (11248)
- Montjoi (11250)
- Montlaur (11251)
- Montmaur (11252)
- Montolieu (11253)
- Montréal (11254)
- Monze (11257)
- Moussoulens (11259)
- Mouthoumet (11260)
- Moux (11261)
- Mézerville (11231)
- Orsans (11268)
- Palairac (11271)
- Palaja (11272)
- Payra-sur-l'Hers (11275)
- Pech-Luna (11278)
- Pennautier (11279)
- Pexiora (11281)
- Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers (11283)
- Peyrens (11284)
- Peyriac-Minervois (11286)
- Pezens (11288)
- Plaigne (11290)
- Plavilla (11291)
- Pradelles-Cabardès (11297)
- Pradelles-en-Val (11298)
- Preixan (11299)
- Puginier (11300)
- Puichéric (11301)
- Pécharic-et-le-Py (11277)
- Pépieux (11280)
- Raissac-sur-Lampy (11308)
- Ribaute (11311)
- Ribouisse (11312)
- Ricaud (11313)
- Rieux-Minervois (11315)
- Rieux-en-Val (11314)
- Roquecourbe-Minervois (11318)
- Roquefère (11319)
- Rouffiac-d'Aude (11325)
- Roullens (11327)
- Rustiques (11330)
- Saint-Amans (11331)
- Saint-Couat-d'Aude (11337)
- Saint-Denis (11339)
- Saint-Frichoux (11342)
- Saint-Gaudéric (11343)
- Saint-Julien-de-Briola (11348)
- Saint-Martin-Lalande (11356)
- Saint-Martin-des-Puits (11354)
- Saint-Martin-le-Vieil (11357)
- Saint-Michel-de-Lanès (11359)
- Saint-Papoul (11361)
- Saint-Paulet (11362)
- Saint-Pierre-des-Champs (11363)
- Saint-Sernin (11365)
- Sainte-Camelle (11334)
- Sainte-Eulalie (11340)
- Saissac (11367)
- Salles-sur-l'Hers (11371)
- Sallèles-Cabardès (11368)
- Salsigne (11372)
- Salza (11374)
- Serviès-en-Val (11378)
- Souilhanels (11382)
- Souilhe (11383)
- Soulatgé (11384)
- Soupex (11385)
- Talairan (11386)
- Taurize (11387)
- Termes (11388)
- Tournissan (11392)
- Trassanel (11395)
- Trausse (11396)
- Trèbes (11397)
- Tréville (11399)
- Ventenac-Cabardès (11404)
- Verdun-en-Lauragais (11407)
- Vignevieille (11409)
- Villalier (11410)
- Villanière (11411)
- Villar-en-Val (11414)
- Villardonnel (11413)
- Villarzel-Cabardès (11416)
- Villasavary (11418)
- Villautou (11419)
- Villedubert (11422)
- Villegailhenc (11425)
- Villegly (11426)
- Villemagne (11428)
- Villemoustaussou (11429)
- Villeneuve-Minervois (11433)
- Villeneuve-la-Comptal (11430)
- Villeneuve-lès-Montréal (11432)
- Villepinte (11434)
- Villerouge-Termenès (11435)
- Villesiscle (11438)
- Villespy (11439)
- Villesèquelande (11437)
- Villetritouls (11440)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
11069 | Carcassonne | 45,941 |
|
Carcassonne Agglo |
11076 | Castelnaudary | 11,096 | Bassin Chaurien | Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois |
11397 | Trèbes | 5,498 | Montagne d'Alaric | Carcassonne Agglo |
11429 | Villemoustaussou | 4,322 | Vallée de l'Orbiel | Carcassonne Agglo |
11049 | Bram | 3,308 | Piège au Razès | Piège-Lauragais-Malepère |
Related pages
[change | change source]- Arrondissements of the Aude department
- Communes of the Aude department
- List of arrondissements of France
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique de l'Aude". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Carcassonne (111)". Publications et statistiques pour la France ou les régions (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-204 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Aude" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Carcassonne (111)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.