Belpech Canton
| Former canton of Belpech |
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|---|---|
| region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| main place | Belpech |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 2,241 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 138.88 km² |
| Communities | 12 |
| INSEE code | 1105 |
 Location of the canton of Belpech in the Aude department |
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The canton of Belpech was a French canton in the Aude department and in the Languedoc-Roussillon region until 2015 . It comprised 12 parishes in the Arrondissement of Carcassonne ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Belpech . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton was 138.88 km² and last had 2241 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 16 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 277 m , between 226 m in Molandier and 455 m in Lafage.
Communities
The canton consisted of twelve municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belpech | 1152 | 11420 | 11033 |
| Cahuzac | 32 | 11420 | 11057 |
| Lafage | 89 | 11420 | 11184 |
| Mayreville | 75 | 11420 | 11226 |
| Molandier | 237 | 11420 | 11236 |
| Pécharic-et-le-Py | 27 | 11420 | 11277 |
| Bad luck Luna | 75 | 11420 | 11278 |
| Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers | 75 | 11410 | 11283 |
| Plaigne | 116 | 11420 | 11290 |
| Saint-Amans | 64 | 11270 | 11331 |
| Saint-Sernin | 38 | 11420 | 11365 |
| Villautou | 63 | 11420 | 11419 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2148 | 2358 | 2050 | 1987 | 2027 | 2038 | 2116 | 2241 |