Canton of Peyriac-Minervois
| Former Canton of Peyriac-Minervois |
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| region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| main place | Peyriac-Minervois |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 13,120 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 47 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 277.57 km² |
| Communities | 16 |
| INSEE code | 1125 |
 Location of the canton of Peyriac-Minervois in the Aude department |
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The Canton Peyriac-Minervois was 2015 a French canton in the department of Aude in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon . It comprised 16 parishes in the Arrondissement of Carcassonne ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Peyriac-Minervois . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton was 277.57 km 2 and last had 13,120 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 47 inhabitants per km 2 . It was on average at 196 m , between 39 m in Azille and 1187 m in Castans.
Communities
The canton consisted of 16 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aigues-Vives | 584 | 11800 | 11001 |
| Azille | 1144 | 11700 | 11022 |
| Cabrespine | 176 | 11160 | 11056 |
| Castans | 134 | 11160 | 11075 |
| Caunes-Minervois | 1654 | 11160 | 11081 |
| Citou | 89 | 11160 | 11092 |
| La Redorte | 1161 | 11700 | 11190 |
| Laure-Minervois | 1055 | 11800 | 11198 |
| Lespinassière | 133 | 11160 | 11200 |
| Pépieux | 1068 | 11700 | 11280 |
| Peyriac-Minervois | 1139 | 11160 | 11286 |
| Puichéric | 1191 | 11700 | 11301 |
| Rieux-Minervois | 1987 | 11160 | 11315 |
| Saint-Frichoux | 255 | 11800 | 11342 |
| Trausse | 590 | 11160 | 11396 |
| Villeneuve-Minervois | 1019 | 11160 | 11433 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,374 | 13,197 | 12,332 | 12,289 | 12.164 | 12,140 | 12,386 | 13,120 |