Canton of Quillan

Former Canton of Quillan
region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Limoux
main place	Quillan
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	8,258 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	38 inhabitants / km²
surface	216.24 km²
Communities	18th
INSEE code	1126
Location of the canton of Quillan in the Aude department

The canton of Quillan was a French canton in the Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region until 2015 . It comprised 18 parishes in the Arrondissement of Limoux ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Quillan . With the nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons in March 2015, its member municipalities were assigned to the much larger canton of Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude .

The canton was 216.24 km ² and last had 8,258 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponds to a population density of 39 inhabitants per km ² . It is on average at 449  m , between 229  m in Espéraza and 1280  m in Quirbajou.

Communities

The canton consisted of 18 municipalities:

local community	Population  (as of 2013)	Code postal	Code Insee
Belvianes-et-Cavirac	289	11500	11035
Brenac	214	11500	11050
Campagne-sur-Aude	615	11260	11063
Coudons	49	11500	11101
Espéraza	2002	11260	11129
fa	373	11260	11131
Ginoles	349	11500	11165
Granès	113	11500	11168
Marsa	23	11140	11219
Nébias	253	11500	11263
Quillan	3220	11500	11304
Quirbajou	47	11500	11306
Rouvenac	213	11260	11329
Saint-Ferriol	123	11500	11341
Saint-Julia-de-Bec	101	11500	11347
Saint-Just-et-le-Bézu	51	11500	11350
Saint-Louis-et-Parahou	62	11500	11352
Saint-Martin-Lys	38	11500	11358

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
9478	10,341	10,215	9829	8927	8482	8540	8258

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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).