Belcaire Canton
| Former Canton of Belcaire |
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|---|---|
| region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Limoux |
| main place | Belcaire |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 1,656 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 234.61 km² |
| Communities | 17th |
| INSEE code | 1104 |
 Location of the canton of Belcaire in the Aude department |
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The Canton Belcaire was 2015 a French canton in the department of Aude and the region Languedoc-Roussillon . It comprised 17 parishes in the Arrondissement of Limoux ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Belcaire . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton was 234.61 km² and last had 1656 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 7 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 953 m , between 544 meters in Joucou and 2059 meters in La Fajolle.
Communities
The canton consisted of 17 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aunat | 67 | 11140 | 11019 |
| Belcaire | 394 | 11340 | 11028 |
| Belfort-sur-Rebenty | 26th | 11140 | 11031 |
| Belvis | 160 | 11340 | 11036 |
| Campagna-de-Sault | 19th | 11140 | 11062 |
| Camurac | 98 | 11340 | 11066 |
| Comus | 43 | 11340 | 11096 |
| Espezel | 206 | 11340 | 11130 |
| La Fajolle | 11 | 11140 | 11135 |
| Fontanès-de-Sault | 5 | 11140 | 11147 |
| Galinagues | 35 | 11140 | 11160 |
| Joucou | 35 | 11140 | 11177 |
| Mazuby | 25th | 11140 | 11229 |
| Mérial | 31 | 11140 | 11230 |
| Niort-de-Sault | 32 | 11140 | 11265 |
| Rodome | 124 | 11140 | 11317 |
| Roquefeuil | 289 | 11340 | 11320 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2466 | 2069 | 1799 | 1587 | 1579 | 1626 | 1656 |