Fanjeaux Canton

Former Canton of Fanjeaux
region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
main place	Fanjeaux
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	7,265 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	34 inhabitants / km²
surface	212.14 km²
Communities	16
INSEE code	1116
Location of the canton Fanjeaux in the Aude department

The canton of Fanjeaux was a French canton in the Aude department and in the Languedoc-Roussillon region until 2015 . It comprised 16 parishes in the Arrondissement of Carcassonne ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Fanjeaux . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.

The canton was 212.14 km ² and last had 7,265 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 34 inhabitants per km². It was on average at 316  m , between 119  m in Bram and 483  m in Plavilla.

Communities

The canton consisted of 16 municipalities:

local community	Population  (as of 2017)	Code postal	Code Insee
Bram	3204	11150	11049
La Cassaigne	169	11270	11072
Cazalrenoux	91	11270	11087
Fanjeaux	834	11270	11136
Fonters-du-Razès	79	11400	11149
La Force	222	11270	11153
Gaja-la-Selve	143	11270	11159
Generville	60	11270	11162
Laurac	175	11270	11196
Orsans	104	11270	11268
Plavilla	110	11270	11291
Ribouisse	109	11270	11312
Saint-Gaudéric	115	11270	11343
Saint-Julien-de-Briola	89	11270	11348
Villasavary	1209	11150	11418
Villesiscle	383	11150	11438

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
5311	6048	5516	5595	5866	6192	6670	7265