Canton of Durban-Corbieres

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Former
canton of Durban-Corbières
region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Aude
Arrondissement Narbonne
main place Durban-Corbieres
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 3,982 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km²
surface 297.39 km²
Communities 14th
INSEE code 1115

Location of the canton of Durban-Corbières in
the Aude department

The canton of Durban-Corbières was a French canton in the Aude department and in the Languedoc-Roussillon region until 2015 . It comprised 14 parishes in the Arrondissement of Narbonne ; its capital (French: chef-lieu ) was Durban-Corbières . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.

The canton was 297.39 km 2 and last had 3982 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 13 inhabitants per km 2 . It was on average at 177  m , between 36  m in Villesèque-des-Corbières and 709  m in Embres-et-Castelmaure.

Communities

The canton consisted of 14 municipalities:

local community  Population 
(as of 2017)
 Code postal   Code Insee 
Albas 77 11360 11006
Cascastel-des-Corbières 221 11360 11071
Coustouge 121 11220 11110
Durban-Corbieres 649 11360 11124
Embres-et-Castelmaure 152 11360 11125
Fontjoncouse 131 11360 11152
Fraissé-des-Corbières 220 11360 11157
Jonquières 59 11220 11176
Quintillan 52 11360 11305
Saint-Jean-de-Barrou 254 11360 11345
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse 736 11220 11351
Thézan-des-Corbières 544 11200 11390
Villeneuve-les-Corbières 242 11360 11431
Villesèque-des-Corbières 374 11360 11436

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
4020 4462 3842 3571 3485 3422 3807 3982