Aude

**Aude** is a department in the region of Occitanie in southern France. It is named after the Aude river.

The inhabitants of the Aude are known, in French, as *Audois* (women: *Audoises*).

## History
Aude was created in 1790 during the French Revolution, when the whole of France was divided into departments, replacing the old provinces. Aude was formed with part of the old province of Languedoc.

It was divided in six districts: Castelnaudary, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Lagrasse, Limoux and Quillan, with Carcassonne as is capital.

In 1800, with the creation of the *arrondissements* in France, the six districts were changed into four *arrondissements*: Carcassonne, Castelnaudary, Limoux and Narbonne. On 10 September 1926, the *arrondissement* of  Castelnaudary was eliminated.

## Administration
The département is managed by the *Departamental Council of Aude* in Carcassonne. Aude is part of the region of Occitanie.

### Administrative divisions
There are 3 *arrondissements* (districts), 19 *cantons* and 436 *communes* (municipalities) in Aude.

The following is a list of the 19 cantons of the **Aude** department (with their INSEE codes),

# La Piège au Razès (1101)
# Carcassonne-1 (1102)
# Carcassonne-2 (1103)
# Carcassonne-3 (1104)
# Le Bassin chaurien (1105)
# Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude (1106)
# Les Corbières (1107)
# Le Lézignanais (1108)
# La Région Limouxine (1109)
# La Malpère à la Montagne Noire (1110)
# Narbonne-1 (1111)
# Narbonne-2 (1112)
# Narbonne-3 (1113)
# La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude (1114)
# Le Haut-Minervois (1115)
# Le Sud-Minervois (1116)
# Les Corbières maritimes (1117)
# La Montagne d'Alaric (1118)
# La Vallée de l'Orbiel (1119)

## Demographics
The Aude department has a population, in 2014, of 365,478, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The *arrondissement* of Carcassonne, with 161,442 inhabitants, is by far the largest. The other two *arrondissements*, Limoux and Narbonne, have respectively 44,467 and 159,569 inhabitants.

**Evolution of the population in Aude**

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The main cities in the department are:

## Gallery

File:Coursan, l'Aude.jpg|The Aude river at Coursan
File:Carcassonne JPG01.jpg|Carcassonne
File:Narbonne Cathedrale Saint Just et Saint Pasteur.jpg|Narbonne cathedral
File:Castelnaudary bassin canal.jpg|Castelnaudary

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Aude department
* Communes of the Aude department

## References
## Other websites
* General council website 
* Prefecture website  
* Aude official tourism website 
* Photos of the Aude Department