Arrondissement of Carcassonne


The arrondissement of Carcassonne is an arrondissement of France in the Aude department in the Occitanie région. Its INSEE code is 111 and its capital city is Carcassonne. It has 186 communes. Its population is 159,539, and its area is.
It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department. The main cities in the arrondissement are Carcassonne, Castelnaudary and Trèbes.

Geography

The arrondissement of Carcassonne occupies the northwestern part of the department 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 southwest by the arrondissement of Limoux, to the west by the Ariège department and to the northwest by the Haute-Garonne department.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Carcassonne, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Aigues-Vives
  2. Airoux
  3. Alairac
  4. Alzonne
  5. Aragon
  6. Arquettes-en-Val
  7. Arzens
  8. Azille
  9. Badens
  10. Bagnoles
  11. Baraigne
  12. Barbaira
  13. Belflou
  14. Belpech
  15. Berriac
  16. Blomac
  17. Bouilhonnac
  18. Bram
  19. Brézilhac
  20. Brousses-et-Villaret
  21. Les Brunels
  22. Cabrespine
  23. Cahuzac
  24. Capendu
  25. Carcassonne
  26. Carlipa
  27. La Cassaigne
  28. Les Cassés
  29. Castans
  30. Castelnaudary
  31. Caudebronde
  32. Caunes-Minervois
  33. Caunettes-en-Val
  34. Caux-et-Sauzens
  35. Cavanac
  36. Cazalrenoux
  37. Cazilhac
  38. Cenne-Monestiés
  39. Citou
  40. Comigne
  41. Conques-sur-Orbiel
  42. Couffoulens
  43. Cumiès
  44. Cuxac-Cabardès
  45. Douzens
  46. Fajac-en-Val
  47. Fajac-la-Relenque
  48. Fanjeaux
  49. Fendeille
  50. Fenouillet-du-Razès
  51. Ferran
  52. Floure
  53. Fonters-du-Razès
  54. Fontiers-Cabardès
  55. Fontiès-d'Aude
  56. La Force
  57. Fournes-Cabardès
  58. Fraisse-Cabardès
  59. Gaja-la-Selve
  60. Generville
  61. Gourvieille
  62. Hounoux
  63. Les Ilhes
  64. Issel
  65. Labastide-d'Anjou
  66. Labastide-en-Val
  67. Labastide-Esparbairenque
  68. Labécède-Lauragais
  69. Lacombe
  70. Lafage
  71. Laprade
  72. Lasbordes
  73. Lasserre-de-Prouille
  74. Lastours
  75. Laurabuc
  76. Laurac
  77. Laure-Minervois
  78. Lavalette
  79. Lespinassière
  80. Leuc
  81. Limousis
  82. La Louvière-Lauragais
  83. Malves-en-Minervois
  84. Marquein
  85. Marseillette
  86. Les Martys
  87. Mas-Cabardès
  88. Mas-des-Cours
  89. Mas-Saintes-Puelles
  90. Mayreville
  91. Mayronnes
  92. Mézerville
  93. Miraval-Cabardes
  94. Mireval-Lauragais
  95. Molandier
  96. Molleville
  97. Montauriol
  98. Montclar
  99. Montferrand
  100. Montirat
  101. Montmaur
  102. Montolieu
  103. Montréal
  104. Monze
  105. Moussoulens
  106. Orsans
  107. Palaja
  108. Payra-sur-l'Hers
  109. Pécharic-et-le-Py
  110. Pech-Luna
  111. Pennautier
  112. Pépieux
  113. Pexiora
  114. Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers
  115. Peyrens
  116. Peyriac-Minervois
  117. Pezens
  118. Plaigne
  119. Plavilla
  120. La Pomarède
  121. Pradelles-Cabardès
  122. Preixan
  123. Puginier
  124. Puichéric
  125. Raissac-sur-Lampy
  126. La Redorte
  127. Ribouisse
  128. Ricaud
  129. Rieux-en-Val
  130. Rieux-Minervois
  131. Roquefère
  132. Rouffiac-d'Aude
  133. Roullens
  134. Rustiques
  135. Saint-Amans
  136. Saint-Denis
  137. Sainte-Camelle
  138. Sainte-Eulalie
  139. Saint-Frichoux
  140. Saint-Gaudéric
  141. Saint-Julien-de-Briola
  142. Saint-Martin-Lalande
  143. Saint-Martin-le-Vieil
  144. Saint-Michel-de-Lanès
  145. Saint-Papoul
  146. Saint-Paulet
  147. Saint-Sernin
  148. Saissac
  149. Sallèles-Cabardès
  150. Salles-sur-l'Hers
  151. Salsigne
  152. Serviès-en-Val
  153. Souilhanels
  154. Souilhe
  155. Soupex
  156. Taurize
  157. La Tourette-Cabardès
  158. Trassanel
  159. Trausse
  160. Trèbes
  161. Tréville
  162. Val-de-Dagne
  163. Ventenac-Cabardès
  164. Verdun-en-Lauragais
  165. Verzeille
  166. Villalier
  167. Villanière
  168. Villardonnel
  169. Villar-en-Val
  170. Villarzel-Cabardès
  171. Villasavary
  172. Villautou
  173. Villedubert
  174. Villefloure
  175. Villegailhenc
  176. Villegly
  177. Villemagne
  178. Villemoustaussou
  179. Villeneuve-la-Comptal
  180. Villeneuve-lès-Montréal
  181. Villeneuve-Minervois
  182. Villepinte
  183. Villesèquelande
  184. Villesiscle
  185. Villespy
  186. Villetritouls

    History

The arrondissement of Carcassonne was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Aude, it lost 27 communes to the arrondissement of Narbonne, and it gained seven communes from the arrondissement of Limoux.
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 Carcassonne were, as of January 2015:
  1. Alzonne
  2. Belpech
  3. Capendu
  4. Carcassonne-1
  5. Carcassonne-2-Nord
  6. Carcassonne-2-Sud
  7. Carcassonne-3
  8. Castelnaudary-Nord
  9. Castelnaudary-Sud
  10. Fanjeaux
  11. Lagrasse
  12. Mas-Cabardès
  13. Montréal
  14. Mouthoumet
  15. Peyriac-Minervois
  16. Saissac
  17. Salles-sur-l'Hers