Canton of Saissac
| Former canton of Saissac |
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|---|---|
| region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| main place | Saissac |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 3,464 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 136.65 km² |
| Communities | 8th |
| INSEE code | 1128 |
 Location of the canton of Saissac in the Aude department |
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The canton of Saissac was a French canton in the Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region until 2015 . It comprised eight parishes in the Arrondissement of Carcassonne ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Saissac . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton was 136.65 km 2 and last had 3464 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 25 inhabitants per km 2 . It was on average at 532 m , between 166 m in Saissac and 907 m in Cuxac-Cabardès.
Communities
The canton consisted of eight municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brousses-et-Villaret | 273 | 11390 | 11052 |
| Cuxac-Cabardès | 911 | 11390 | 11115 |
| Fontiers-Cabardès | 454 | 11390 | 11150 |
| Fraisse-Cabardès | 104 | 11600 | 11156 |
| Lacombe | 172 | 11310 | 11182 |
| Laprade | 95 | 11390 | 11189 |
| Saint-Denis | 512 | 11310 | 11339 |
| Saissac | 929 | 11310 | 11367 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2122 | 2466 | 2424 | 2519 | 2775 | 3100 | 3429 | 3464 |