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.

## Composition
### 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:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Carcassonne has 207 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Aude department
* Communes of the Aude department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References