Canton of Coursan
| Former canton of Coursan |
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|---|---|
| region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Narbonne |
| main place | Coursan |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 25,627 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 142 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 180.69 km² |
| Communities | 7th |
| INSEE code | 1114 |
 Location of the canton of Coursan in the Aude department |
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The canton of Coursan was a French canton in the Aude département in the Languedoc-Roussillon region until 2015 . It included seven parishes in the Arrondissement of Narbonne ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Coursan . With the nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons in March 2015, 6 of its 7 member municipalities were assigned to the new canton of Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude .
The canton was 180.69 km 2 and last had 25,627 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 142 inhabitants per km 2 . It was on average at 15 m , between sea level in Coursan and 200 m in Gruissan.
Communities
The canton consisted of seven municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armissan | 1520 | 11110 | 11014 |
| Coursan | 5908 | 11110 | 11106 |
| Cuxac-d'Aude | 4030 | 11590 | 11116 |
| Fleury | 3825 | 11560 | 11145 |
| Gruissan | 5000 | 11430 | 11170 |
| Salles-d'Aude | 3255 | 11110 | 11370 |
| Vinassan | 2646 | 11110 | 11441 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,174 | 11,834 | 11,930 | 14,081 | 17,958 | 20,238 | 23,789 | 25,627 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Décret n ° 2014-204 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Aude published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).