Canton of Tarascon-sur-Ariège
| Former canton of Tarascon-sur-Ariège |
|
|---|---|
| region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| main place | Tarascon-sur-Ariège |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 8,796 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 40 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 221.75 km² |
| Communities | 20th |
| INSEE code | 0918 |
The Canton of Tarascon-sur-Ariege is a former French constituency in the department of Ariege and in the region of Midi-Pyrénées . It comprised 20 parishes in the Arrondissement Foix ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Tarascon-sur-Ariège . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
The canton was mainly in the Ariège valley between the towns of Foix and Ax-les-Thermes ; the highest point was at 2196 m in the municipality of Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs .
Communities
The canton consisted of 20 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliat | 51 | 09400 | 09006 |
| Arignac | 707 | 09400 | 09015 |
| Arnave | 207 | 09400 | 09016 |
| Bédeilhac-et-Aynat | 192 | 09400 | 09045 |
| Bompas | 195 | 09400 | 09058 |
| Capoulet-et-Junac | 168 | 09400 | 09077 |
| Cazenave-Serres-et-Allens | 51 | 09400 | 09092 |
| Génat | 21st | 09400 | 09133 |
| Gourbit | 76 | 09400 | 09136 |
| Lapège | 29 | 09400 | 09152 |
| Mercus Garrabet | 1199 | 09400 | 09188 |
| Miglos | 117 | 09400 | 09192 |
| Niaux | 165 | 09400 | 09217 |
| Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains | 236 | 09400 | 09221 |
| Quié | 302 | 09400 | 09240 |
| Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs | 356 | 09400 | 09241 |
| Saurat | 636 | 09400 | 09280 |
| Surba | 325 | 09400 | 09303 |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège | 3044 | 09400 | 09306 |
| Ussat | 322 | 09400 | 09321 |