Canton of Axat
| Former canton of Axat |
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|---|---|
| region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Limoux |
| main place | Axat |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 1,614 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 6 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 273.24 km² |
| Communities | 14th |
| INSEE code | 1103 |
 Location of the canton of Axat in the Aude department |
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The Canton Axat was 2015 a French canton in the department of Aude and the region Languedoc-Roussillon . It comprised 14 parishes in the Arrondissement of Limoux ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Axat . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton was located in the south-eastern foothills of the Pyrenees , on the upper reaches of the Aude river . It was 273.24 km² and last had 1614 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 6 inhabitants per km². The heights varied from 387 m (Cailla) to 2447 m (Le Bousquet) with an average height of 761 m .
Communities
The canton consisted of 14 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artigues | 73 | 11140 | 11017 |
| Axat | 547 | 11140 | 11021 |
| Bessède-de-Sault | 47 | 11140 | 11038 |
| Le Bousquet | 44 | 11140 | 11047 |
| Cailla | 48 | 11140 | 11060 |
| Le Clat | 31 | 11140 | 11093 |
| Counozouls | 48 | 11140 | 11104 |
| Escouloubre | 73 | 11140 | 11127 |
| Gincla | 48 | 11140 | 11163 |
| Montfort-sur-Boulzane | 88 | 11140 | 11244 |
| Puilaurens | 271 | 11140 | 11302 |
| Roquefort-de-Sault | 84 | 11140 | 11321 |
| Sainte-Colombe-sur-Guette | 46 | 11140 | 11335 |
| Salvezines | 77 | 11140 | 11373 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2136 | 2463 | 2009 | 2074 | 1994 | 1856 | 1783 | 1614 |