Canton of Capendu
| Former Canton of Capendu |
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|---|---|
| region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| main place | Capendu |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 13,637 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 80 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 171.08 km² |
| Communities | 18th |
| INSEE code | 1106 |
 Location of the canton of Capendu in the Aude department |
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The canton of Capendu was a French canton in the Aude département and in the Languedoc-Roussillon region until 2015 . It included 18 parishes in the Arrondissement of Carcassonne ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Capendu . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton was 171.08 km² and last had 13,637 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponds to a population density of 80 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 105 m , between 48 m in Saint-Couat-d'Aude and 601 m in Moux.
Communities
The canton consisted of 18 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathing | 785 | 11800 | 11023 |
| Barbaira | 750 | 11800 | 11027 |
| Blomac | 227 | 11700 | 11042 |
| Bouilhonnac | 227 | 11800 | 11043 |
| Capendu | 1468 | 11700 | 11068 |
| Comigne | 305 | 11700 | 11095 |
| Douzens | 733 | 11700 | 11122 |
| Floure | 407 | 11800 | 11146 |
| Fontiès-d'Aude | 481 | 11800 | 11151 |
| Marseillette | 712 | 11800 | 11220 |
| Montirat | 74 | 11800 | 11248 |
| Monze | 227 | 11800 | 11257 |
| Moux | 701 | 11700 | 11261 |
| Roquecourbe-Minervois | 132 | 11700 | 11318 |
| Rustiques | 507 | 11800 | 11330 |
| Saint-Couat-d'Aude | 404 | 11700 | 11337 |
| Trèbes | 5601 | 11800 | 11397 |
| Villedubert | 345 | 11800 | 11422 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8819 | 9958 | 10,060 | 11,699 | 12,009 | 12,385 | 13,342 | 13,637 |