Canton of Sigean

Former Canton of Sigean
region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
main place	Sigean
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	22,305 (Jan 1, 2012)
Population density	56 inhabitants / km²
surface	398.30 km²
Communities	11
INSEE code	1130
Location of the canton of Sigean in the Aude department

The canton of Sigean was 2015 a French canton in the department of Aude in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon . It comprised eleven parishes in the arrondissement of Narbonne ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Sigean . During the nationwide reorganization of the cantons in March 2015, the canton remained unchanged, but was renamed the canton Les Corbières-Maritimes .

The canton was 398.30 km ² and last had 22,305 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 56 inhabitants per km ² . It was on average at 46  m , between sea level in Fitou and 709  m in Feuilla.

Communities

The canton consisted of 11 municipalities:

local community	Population  (as of 2017)	Code postal	Code Insee
Caves	875	11510	11086
Feuilla	104	11510	11143
Fitou	1060	11510	11144
La Palme	1693	11480	11188
Leucate	4428	11370	11202
Port-la-Nouvelle	5567	11210	11266
Peyriac-de-Mer	1113	11440	11285
Portel-des-Corbières	1357	11490	11295
Roquefort-des-Corbières	1024	11540	11322
Sigean	5477	11130	11379
Treilles	247	11510	11398

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
10,220	12,436	12,901	13,495	14,852	16,610	19,990	22.305

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).
2. ↑ Décret n ° 2015-1767 du 24 December 2015 modifiant ... les cantons dans le département de l'Aude published in JORF and in Légifrance (French)