Canton of Varilhes
| Former Canton of Varilhes |
|
|---|---|
| region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Pamiers |
| main place | Varilhes |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 10,665 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 63 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 168.38 km² |
| Communities | 18th |
| INSEE code | 0919 |
The Canton Varilhes is a former French canton in the department of Ariege and in the region of Midi-Pyrénées . It comprised 18 parishes in the Pamiers arrondissement ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Varilhes . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
geography
Canton located between the arrondissements of Pamiers and Foix ; the highest point was at 730 m in the municipality of Malléon .
Communities
The canton consisted of 18 municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artix | 141 | 09120 | 09021 |
| Calzan | 32 | 09120 | 09072 |
| Cazaux | 39 | 09120 | 09090 |
| Coussa | 265 | 09120 | 09101 |
| Crampagna | 840 | 09120 | 09103 |
| Dalou | 772 | 09120 | 09104 |
| Gudas | 183 | 09120 | 09137 |
| Loubens | 274 | 09120 | 09173 |
| Malléon | 73 | 09120 | 09179 |
| Montégut-Plantaurel | 335 | 09120 | 09202 |
| Rieux-de-Pelleport | 1304 | 09120 | 09245 |
| Saint-Bauzeil | 57 | 09120 | 09256 |
| Saint-Félix-de-Rieutord | 460 | 09120 | 09258 |
| Ségura | 184 | 09120 | 09284 |
| Varilhes | 3424 | 09120 | 09324 |
| Ventenac | 235 | 09120 | 09327 |
| Verniolle | 2288 | 09340 | 09332 |
| Vira | 160 | 09120 | 09340 |