Canton of Tuchan
| Former Canton of Tuchan |
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|---|---|
| region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Narbonne |
| main place | Tuchan |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 1,891 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 198.66 km² |
| Communities | 8th |
| INSEE code | 1131 |
 Location of the canton of Tuchan in the Aude department |
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The canton of Tuchan was a French canton in the Aude département in the Languedoc-Roussillon region until 2015 . It comprised eight parishes in the arrondissement of Narbonne ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Tuchan . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton was 198.66 km 2 and last had 1,891 inhabitants (as of 2012), which corresponded to a population density of 10 inhabitants per km 2 . It was on average at 234 m , between 110 m in Paziols and 966 m in Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse.
Communities
The canton consisted of eight municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cucugnan | 123 | 11350 | 11113 |
| Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse | 146 | 11350 | 11123 |
| Maisons | 46 | 11330 | 11213 |
| Montgaillard | 42 | 11330 | 11245 |
| Padern | 132 | 11350 | 11270 |
| Paziols | 528 | 11350 | 11276 |
| Rouffiac-des-Corbières | 86 | 11350 | 11326 |
| Tuchan | 786 | 11350 | 11401 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 2342 | 2044 | 2000 | 1916 | 1862 | 1896 | 1891 |