Aude department

Aude
region	Occitania
prefecture	Carcassonne
Sub-prefecture (s)	Limoux Narbonne
Residents	370.260 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	60 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,140.05 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	10
Cantons	19th
Communities	433
President of the Department Council	André Viola
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-11
Location of the Aude department in the Occitanie region

The Aude [ oːd ] department is the French department with serial number 11. It is located in the south of the country in the Occitania region and was named after the Aude river .

geography

The Aude department is located on the western Mediterranean coast north of the Pyrenees . It borders the Haute-Garonne department to the north-west, the Tarn department to the north, the Hérault department to the north-east, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, the Pyrénées-Orientales department to the south and the Ariège department to the west .

The south of the department extends into the mountains of the Corbières , the south-west into the foothills of the Pyrenees, the north-west lies in the Lauragais landscape , the north in the Minervois . The extreme north in the transition to the Tarn department lies in the Montagne Noire , the southernmost foothills of the Massif Central . The east and most of the coastal area form the Regional Nature Park Narbonnaise en Méditerranée . The southern coastal area is characterized by a lagoon landscape , the largest of which are the Étang de Bages et de Sigean and the Étang de Leucate .

Canal de la Robine in Narbonne

Carcassonne, the capital of the department , as seen from the Aude

The eponymous Aude first drains the west of the department northwards, turns to the east in the capital Carcassonne , then flows through the north of the department and flows into the Mediterranean on the border with the Hérault department. Also in the north - partly parallel to the Aude - runs the Canal du Midi , which connects Toulouse with the Mediterranean and reaches it in the Hérault department. The Canal de la Robine , which crosses the most populous city of Narbonne and reaches the Mediterranean in Port-la-Nouvelle between the Étang de l'Ayrolle and the Étang de Bages et de Sigean , connects to the southeast via the Canal de Jonction and the Aude .

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from part of the Languedoc province .

From 1960 to 2015 it belonged to the Languedoc-Roussillon region , which in 2016 became part of the Occitania region.

coat of arms

Description: Red with silver aboard the battlements cut a golden Occitan Cross .

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Aude department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Narbonne	54,700	Narbonne
Carcassonne	46,031	Carcassonne
Lézignan-Corbières	11,168	Narbonne
Castelnaudary	11,598	Carcassonne
Limoux	10,066	Limoux
Coursan	5,908	Narbonne
Port-la-Nouvelle	5,567
Trèbes	5,601	Carcassonne
Sigean	5,477	Narbonne

Administrative division

The Aude department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 19 cantons and 433 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Aude department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Carcassonne	9	186	160,466	2,310.45	69	111
Limoux	3	138	42,324	1,727.66	24	112
Narbonne	9	109	167,470	2,101.94	80	113
Aude department	19th	433	370.260	6,140.05	60	11

See also:

• List of communes in the Aude department
• List of cantons in the Aude department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Aude department

economy

The most important branch of the economy is viticulture ; there is also manufacturing industry , tourism and some mining .

Web links

Commons : Département Aude  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Department Aude (French)
• Prefecture of the Aude department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ aude.fr accessed on May 15, 2015.

Coordinates: 43 ° 6 '  N , 2 ° 23'  E