Arrondissement of Narbonne
The arrondissement of Narbonne is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Aude département in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Narbonne.
Country | France |
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Region | Occitanie |
Department | Aude |
No. of communes | 109 |
Subprefecture | Narbonne |
Area | 2,101.9 km2 (811.5 sq mi) |
INSEE code | 113 |
History
When the Aude department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Narbonne was part of that original department.[1]
Geography
It is the easternmost and second largest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,690 square kilometres (652.5 square miles), with a population of 159,569 inhabitants and a density of 94.4 inhabitants/km².[2]
The arrondissement of Narbonne is bordered to the north by the Hérault department, to the east by the Mediterranean Sea, to the south by the Pyrénées-Orientales department and to the west by the arrondissement of Carcassonne.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Narbonne, there are 7 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement and only one that has some of its "communes" in other "arrondissements", as can be seen in the following table:
INSEE Code |
Canton | Carcassonne | Limoux | Narbonne | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1106 | Les Basses Plaines de l’Aude | 6 | 6 | ||
1107 | Les Corbières | 24 | 30 | 54 | |
1108 | Le Lézignanais | 10 | 10 | ||
1111 | Narbonne-1 | 4 + part of Narbonne | 4 + part of Narbonne | ||
1112 | Narbonne-2 | 2 + part of Narbonne | 2 + part of Narbonne | ||
1113 | Narbonne-3 | part of Narbonne | part of Narbonne | ||
1116 | Le Sud-Minervois | 18 | 18 | ||
1117 | Les Corbières maritimes | 11 | 11 |
Communes
The arrondissement of Narbonne has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[4]
- Albas (11006)
- Argeliers (11012)
- Argens-Minervois (11013)
- Armissan (11014)
- Bages (11024)
- Bizanet (11040)
- Bize-Minervois (11041)
- Boutenac (11048)
- Camplong-d'Aude (11064)
- Canet (11067)
- Cascastel-des-Corbières (11071)
- Castelnau-d'Aude (11077)
- Caves (11086)
- Conilhac-Corbières (11098)
- Coursan (11106)
- Coustouge (11110)
- Cruscades (11111)
- Cucugnan (11113)
- Cuxac-d'Aude (11116)
- Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse (11123)
- Durban-Corbières (11124)
- Embres-et-Castelmaure (11125)
- Escales (11126)
- Fabrezan (11132)
- Ferrals-les-Corbières (11140)
- Feuilla (11143)
- Fitou (11144)
- Fleury (11145)
- Fontcouverte (11148)
- Fontjoncouse (11152)
- Fraissé-des-Corbières (11157)
- Ginestas (11164)
- Gruissan (11170)
- Homps (11172)
- Jonquières (11176)
- La Palme (11188)
- Leucate (11202)
- Luc-sur-Orbieu (11210)
- Lézignan-Corbières (11203)
- Mailhac (11212)
- Maisons (11213)
- Marcorignan (11217)
- Mirepeisset (11233)
- Montbrun-des-Corbières (11241)
- Montgaillard (11245)
- Montredon-des-Corbières (11255)
- Montséret (11256)
- Moussan (11258)
- Narbonne (11262)
- Névian (11264)
- Ornaisons (11267)
- Ouveillan (11269)
- Padern (11270)
- Paraza (11273)
- Paziols (11276)
- Peyriac-de-Mer (11285)
- Port-la-Nouvelle (11266)
- Portel-des-Corbières (11295)
- Pouzols-Minervois (11296)
- Quintillan (11305)
- Raissac-d'Aude (11307)
- Roquefort-des-Corbières (11322)
- Roubia (11324)
- Rouffiac-des-Corbières (11326)
- Saint-André-de-Roquelongue (11332)
- Saint-Jean-de-Barrou (11345)
- Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse (11351)
- Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude (11353)
- Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude (11360)
- Sainte-Valière (11366)
- Salles-d'Aude (11370)
- Sallèles-d'Aude (11369)
- Sigean (11379)
- Thézan-des-Corbières (11390)
- Tourouzelle (11393)
- Treilles (11398)
- Tuchan (11401)
- Ventenac-en-Minervois (11405)
- Villedaigne (11421)
- Villeneuve-les-Corbières (11431)
- Villesèque-des-Corbières (11436)
- Vinassan (11441)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[2] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
11262 | Narbonne | 52,855 |
|
Le Grand Narbonne |
11203 | Lézignan-Corbières | 11,248 | Le Lézignanais | Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois |
11106 | Coursan | 5,916 | Les Basses Plaines de l’Aude | Le Grand Narbonne |
11266 | Port-la-Nouvelle | 5,635 | Les Corbières maritimes | Le Grand Narbonne |
11379 | Sigean | 5,473 | Les Corbières maritimes | Le Grand Narbonne |
11170 | Gruissan | 4,873 | Narbonne-2 | Le Grand Narbonne |
11202 | Leucate | 4,402 | Les Corbières maritimes | Le Grand Narbonne |
11145 | Fleury | 3,951 | Les Basses Plaines de l’Aude | Le Grand Narbonne |
11116 | Cuxac-d'Aude | 3,948 | Les Basses Plaines de l’Aude | Le Grand Narbonne |
11369 | Salles-d'Aude | 3,156 | Les Basses Plaines de l’Aude | Le Grand Narbonne |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique de l'Aude". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Décret n° 2014-204 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Aude" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement de Narbonne (113)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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