Arrondissement of Carcassonne

The **arrondissement of Carcassonne** is an arrondissement of France in the Occitanie region.  It is part of the Aude _département_. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Carcassonne.

## History

When the Aude department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Carcassonne was part of that original department.

## Geography

It is the largest in area of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of , and the one with more people living in it with 161,442 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Carcassonne covers the northwestern part of the Aude department; it is surrounded by departments of the Occitanie region and is bordered to the north by the Tarn department, to the northeast by the Hérault department, to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Narbonne, to the south by the Pyrénées-Orientales department, to the southwest by the _arrondissement_ of Limoux, to the west by the Ariège department and to the northwest by the Haute-Garonne department.

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the _arrondissements_ so they could have _communes_ that belong to different _arrondissements_.

In the _arrondissement_ of Carcassonne, there are 7 cantons whose _communes_ are in the _arrondissement_ but 3 that have _communes_ in other _arrondissements_,  as can be seen in the following table:

|INSEE code||Canton||Carcassonne || Limoux||Narbonne || Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1101|La Piège au Razès|46|26||72|
|1102|Carcassonne-1|part of Carcassonne|||part of Carcassonne|
|1103|Carcassonne-2|6 + part of Carcassonne|2||8 + part of Carcassonne|
|1104|Carcassonne-3|6 + part of Carcassonne|||6 + part of Carcassonne|
|1105|Le Bassin Chaurien|22|||22|
|1107|Les Corbières|24||30|54|
|1110|La Malpère à la Montagne Noire|27|||27|
|1115|Le Haut-Minervois|23|||23|
|1118|La Montagne d'Alaric|30|||30|
|1119|La Vallée de l'Orbiel|22|||22|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Carcassonne has 207 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Aigues-Vives <small>(11001)</small>
1. Airoux <small>(11002)</small>
1. Alairac <small>(11005)</small>
1. Albières <small>(11007)</small>
1. Alzonne <small>(11009)</small>
1. Aragon <small>(11011)</small>
1. Arquettes-en-Val <small>(11016)</small>
1. Arzens <small>(11018)</small>
1. Auriac <small>(11020)</small>
1. Azille <small>(11022)</small>
1. Badens <small>(11023)</small>
1. Bagnoles <small>(11025)</small>
1. Baraigne <small>(11026)</small>
1. Barbaira <small>(11027)</small>
1. Belflou <small>(11030)</small>
1. Belpech <small>(11033)</small>
1. Berriac <small>(11037)</small>
1. Blomac <small>(11042)</small>
1. Bouilhonnac <small>(11043)</small>
1. Bouisse <small>(11044)</small>
1. Bram <small>(11049)</small>
1. Brousses-et-Villaret <small>(11052)</small>
1. Cabrespine <small>(11056)</small>
1. Cahuzac <small>(11057)</small>
1. Capendu <small>(11068)</small>
1. Carcassonne <small>(11069)</small>
1. Carlipa <small>(11070)</small>
1. Castans <small>(11075)</small>
1. Castelnaudary <small>(11076)</small>
1. Caudebronde <small>(11079)</small>
1. Caunes-Minervois <small>(11081)</small>
1. Caunettes-en-Val <small>(11083)</small>
1. Caux-et-Sauzens <small>(11084)</small>
1. Cavanac <small>(11085)</small>
1. Cazalrenoux <small>(11087)</small>
1. Cazilhac <small>(11088)</small>
1. Cenne-Monestiés <small>(11089)</small>
1. Citou <small>(11092)</small>
1. Comigne <small>(11095)</small>
1. Conques-sur-Orbiel <small>(11099)</small>
1. Couffoulens <small>(11102)</small>
1. Cumiès <small>(11114)</small>
1. Cuxac-Cabardès <small>(11115)</small>
1. Davejean <small>(11117)</small>
1. Dernacueillette <small>(11118)</small>
1. Douzens <small>(11122)</small>
1. Fajac-en-Val <small>(11133)</small>
1. Fajac-la-Relenque <small>(11134)</small>
1. Fanjeaux <small>(11136)</small>
1. Fendeille <small>(11138)</small>
1. Floure <small>(11146)</small>
1. Fonters-du-Razès <small>(11149)</small>
1. Fontiers-Cabardès <small>(11150)</small>
1. Fontiès-d'Aude <small>(11151)</small>
1. Fournes-Cabardès <small>(11154)</small>
1. Fraisse-Cabardès <small>(11156)</small>
1. Félines-Termenès <small>(11137)</small>
1. Gaja-la-Selve <small>(11159)</small>
1. Generville <small>(11162)</small>
1. Gourvieille <small>(11166)</small>
1. Issel <small>(11175)</small>
1. La Cassaigne <small>(11072)</small>
1. La Force <small>(11153)</small>
1. La Louvière-Lauragais <small>(11208)</small>
1. La Pomarède <small>(11292)</small>
1. La Redorte <small>(11190)</small>
1. La Tourette-Cabardès <small>(11391)</small>
1. Labastide-Esparbairenque <small>(11180)</small>
1. Labastide-d'Anjou <small>(11178)</small>
1. Labastide-en-Val <small>(11179)</small>
1. Labécède-Lauragais <small>(11181)</small>
1. Lacombe <small>(11182)</small>
1. Lafage <small>(11184)</small>
1. Lagrasse <small>(11185)</small>
1. Lairière <small>(11186)</small>
1. Lanet <small>(11187)</small>
1. Laprade <small>(11189)</small>
1. Laroque-de-Fa <small>(11191)</small>
1. Lasbordes <small>(11192)</small>
1. Lastours <small>(11194)</small>
1. Laurabuc <small>(11195)</small>
1. Laurac <small>(11196)</small>
1. Laure-Minervois <small>(11198)</small>
1. Lavalette <small>(11199)</small>
1. Les Brunels <small>(11054)</small>
1. Les Cassés <small>(11074)</small>
1. Les Ilhes <small>(11174)</small>
1. Les Martys <small>(11221)</small>
1. Lespinassière <small>(11200)</small>
1. Leuc <small>(11201)</small>
1. Limousis <small>(11205)</small>
1. Malves-en-Minervois <small>(11215)</small>
1. Marquein <small>(11218)</small>
1. Marseillette <small>(11220)</small>
1. Mas-Cabardès <small>(11222)</small>
1. Mas-Saintes-Puelles <small>(11225)</small>
1. Mas-des-Cours <small>(11223)</small>
1. Massac <small>(11224)</small>
1. Mayreville <small>(11226)</small>
1. Mayronnes <small>(11227)</small>
1. Miraval-Cabardes <small>(11232)</small>
1. Mireval-Lauragais <small>(11234)</small>
1. Molandier <small>(11236)</small>
1. Molleville <small>(11238)</small>
1. Montauriol <small>(11239)</small>
1. Montclar <small>(11242)</small>
1. Montferrand <small>(11243)</small>
1. Montirat <small>(11248)</small>
1. Montjoi <small>(11250)</small>
1. Montlaur <small>(11251)</small>
1. Montmaur <small>(11252)</small>
1. Montolieu <small>(11253)</small>
1. Montréal <small>(11254)</small>
1. Monze <small>(11257)</small>
1. Moussoulens <small>(11259)</small>
1. Mouthoumet <small>(11260)</small>
1. Moux <small>(11261)</small>
1. Mézerville <small>(11231)</small>
1. Orsans <small>(11268)</small>
1. Palairac <small>(11271)</small>
1. Palaja <small>(11272)</small>
1. Payra-sur-l'Hers <small>(11275)</small>
1. Pech-Luna <small>(11278)</small>
1. Pennautier <small>(11279)</small>
1. Pexiora <small>(11281)</small>
1. Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers <small>(11283)</small>
1. Peyrens <small>(11284)</small>
1. Peyriac-Minervois <small>(11286)</small>
1. Pezens <small>(11288)</small>
1. Plaigne <small>(11290)</small>
1. Plavilla <small>(11291)</small>
1. Pradelles-Cabardès <small>(11297)</small>
1. Pradelles-en-Val <small>(11298)</small>
1. Preixan <small>(11299)</small>
1. Puginier <small>(11300)</small>
1. Puichéric <small>(11301)</small>
1. Pécharic-et-le-Py <small>(11277)</small>
1. Pépieux <small>(11280)</small>
1. Raissac-sur-Lampy <small>(11308)</small>
1. Ribaute <small>(11311)</small>
1. Ribouisse <small>(11312)</small>
1. Ricaud <small>(11313)</small>
1. Rieux-Minervois <small>(11315)</small>
1. Rieux-en-Val <small>(11314)</small>
1. Roquecourbe-Minervois <small>(11318)</small>
1. Roquefère <small>(11319)</small>
1. Rouffiac-d'Aude <small>(11325)</small>
1. Roullens <small>(11327)</small>
1. Rustiques <small>(11330)</small>
1. Saint-Amans <small>(11331)</small>
1. Saint-Couat-d'Aude <small>(11337)</small>
1. Saint-Denis <small>(11339)</small>
1. Saint-Frichoux <small>(11342)</small>
1. Saint-Gaudéric <small>(11343)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-de-Briola <small>(11348)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-Lalande <small>(11356)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-des-Puits <small>(11354)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-le-Vieil <small>(11357)</small>
1. Saint-Michel-de-Lanès <small>(11359)</small>
1. Saint-Papoul <small>(11361)</small>
1. Saint-Paulet <small>(11362)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-des-Champs <small>(11363)</small>
1. Saint-Sernin <small>(11365)</small>
1. Sainte-Camelle <small>(11334)</small>
1. Sainte-Eulalie <small>(11340)</small>
1. Saissac <small>(11367)</small>
1. Salles-sur-l'Hers <small>(11371)</small>
1. Sallèles-Cabardès <small>(11368)</small>
1. Salsigne <small>(11372)</small>
1. Salza <small>(11374)</small>
1. Serviès-en-Val <small>(11378)</small>
1. Souilhanels <small>(11382)</small>
1. Souilhe <small>(11383)</small>
1. Soulatgé <small>(11384)</small>
1. Soupex <small>(11385)</small>
1. Talairan <small>(11386)</small>
1. Taurize <small>(11387)</small>
1. Termes <small>(11388)</small>
1. Tournissan <small>(11392)</small>
1. Trassanel <small>(11395)</small>
1. Trausse <small>(11396)</small>
1. Trèbes <small>(11397)</small>
1. Tréville <small>(11399)</small>
1. Ventenac-Cabardès <small>(11404)</small>
1. Verdun-en-Lauragais <small>(11407)</small>
1. Vignevieille <small>(11409)</small>
1. Villalier <small>(11410)</small>
1. Villanière <small>(11411)</small>
1. Villar-en-Val <small>(11414)</small>
1. Villardonnel <small>(11413)</small>
1. Villarzel-Cabardès <small>(11416)</small>
1. Villasavary <small>(11418)</small>
1. Villautou <small>(11419)</small>
1. Villedubert <small>(11422)</small>
1. Villegailhenc <small>(11425)</small>
1. Villegly <small>(11426)</small>
1. Villemagne <small>(11428)</small>
1. Villemoustaussou <small>(11429)</small>
1. Villeneuve-Minervois <small>(11433)</small>
1. Villeneuve-la-Comptal <small>(11430)</small>
1. Villeneuve-lès-Montréal <small>(11432)</small>
1. Villepinte <small>(11434)</small>
1. Villerouge-Termenès <small>(11435)</small>
1. Villesiscle <small>(11438)</small>
1. Villespy <small>(11439)</small>
1. Villesèquelande <small>(11437)</small>
1. Villetritouls <small>(11440)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11069|Carcassonne|45,941|* Carcassonne-1 * Carcassonne-2 * Carcassonne-3||Carcassonne Agglo|
|11076|Castelnaudary|11,096|Bassin Chaurien|Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois||
|11397|Trèbes|5,498|Montagne d'Alaric|Carcassonne Agglo||
|11429|Villemoustaussou|4,322|Vallée de l'Orbiel|Carcassonne Agglo||
|11049|Bram|3,308|Piège au Razès|Piège-Lauragais-Malepère||

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Aude department
- Communes of the Aude department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Carcassonne
- **insee**: 111
- **nbcomm**: 186
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Carcassonne
- **area**: 2309.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Carcassonne 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie