Canton of Alzonne
| Former canton of Alzonne |
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|---|---|
| region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| main place | Alzonne |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 8,725 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 59 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 146.99 km² |
| Communities | 11 |
| INSEE code | 1102 |
 Location of the canton of Alzonne in the Aude department |
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The Canton Alzonne was 2015 a French canton in the department of Aude and the region Languedoc-Roussillon . It comprised 11 parishes in the Arrondissement of Carcassonne ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Alzonne . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton was 146.99 km² and last had 8,725 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 59 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 151 m , between 102 m in Ventenac-Cabardès and 407 m in Montolieu.
Communities
The canton consisted of eleven municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzonne | 1522 | 11170 | 11009 |
| Aragon | 433 | 11600 | 11011 |
| Caux-et-Sauzens | 979 | 11170 | 11084 |
| Montolieu | 846 | 11170 | 11253 |
| Moussoulens | 1018 | 11170 | 11259 |
| Pezens | 1525 | 11170 | 11288 |
| Raissac-sur-Lampy | 456 | 11170 | 11308 |
| Saint-Martin-le-Vieil | 226 | 11170 | 11357 |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 506 | 11170 | 11340 |
| Ventenac-Cabardès | 959 | 11610 | 11404 |
| Villesèquelande | 896 | 11170 | 11437 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5403 | 5721 | 6058 | 6435 | 6687 | 7161 | 7861 | 8529 | 8725 |