The arrondissement of Carcassonne is an arrondissement of France in the Aude department in the Occitanie région. Its INSEE code is 111 and its capital city is Carcassonne. It has 186 communes. Its population is 159,539 (2016), and its area is .
It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department. The main cities in the arrondissement are Carcassonne (47,068 inhabitants in 2012), Castelnaudary (11,748 inhabitants) and Trèbes (5,280 inhabitants).
Geography
The arrondissement of Carcassonne occupies the northwestern part of the department 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 southwest by the arrondissement of Limoux, to the west by the Ariège department and to the northwest by the Haute-Garonne department.
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Carcassonne, and their INSEE codes, are:
Aigues-Vives (11001) Airoux (11002) Alairac (11005) Alzonne (11009) Aragon (11011) Arquettes-en-Val (11016) Arzens (11018) Azille (11022) Badens (11023) Bagnoles (11025) Baraigne (11026) Barbaira (11027) Belflou (11030) Belpech (11033) Berriac (11037) Blomac (11042) Bouilhonnac (11043) Bram (11049) Brézilhac (11051) Brousses-et-Villaret (11052) Les Brunels (11054) Cabrespine (11056) Cahuzac (11057) Capendu (11068) Carcassonne (11069) Carlipa (11070) La Cassaigne (11072) Les Cassés (11074) 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) Douzens (11122) Fajac-en-Val (11133) Fajac-la-Relenque (11134) Fanjeaux (11136) Fendeille (11138) Fenouillet-du-Razès (11139) Ferran (11141) Floure (11146) Fonters-du-Razès (11149) Fontiers-Cabardès (11150) Fontiès-d'Aude (11151) La Force (11153) Fournes-Cabardès (11154) Fraisse-Cabardès (11156) Gaja-la-Selve (11159) Generville (11162) Gourvieille (11166) Hounoux (11173) Les Ilhes (11174) Issel (11175) Labastide-d'Anjou (11178) Labastide-en-Val (11179) Labastide-Esparbairenque (11180) Labécède-Lauragais (11181) Lacombe (11182) Lafage (11184) Laprade (11189) Lasbordes (11192) Lasserre-de-Prouille (11193) Lastours (11194) Laurabuc (11195) Laurac (11196) Laure-Minervois (11198) Lavalette (11199) Lespinassière (11200) Leuc (11201) Limousis (11205) La Louvière-Lauragais (11208) Malves-en-Minervois (11215) Marquein (11218) Marseillette (11220) Les Martys (11221) Mas-Cabardès (11222) Mas-des-Cours (11223) Mas-Saintes-Puelles (11225) Mayreville (11226) Mayronnes (11227) Mézerville (11231) Miraval-Cabardes (11232) Mireval-Lauragais (11234) Molandier (11236) Molleville (11238) Montauriol (11239) Montclar (11242) Montferrand (11243) Montirat (11248) Montmaur (11252) Montolieu (11253) Montréal (11254) Monze (11257) Moussoulens (11259) Orsans (11268) Palaja (11272) Payra-sur-l'Hers (11275) Pécharic-et-le-Py (11277) Pech-Luna (11278) Pennautier (11279) Pépieux (11280) Pexiora (11281) Peyrefitte-sur-l'Hers (11283) Peyrens (11284) Peyriac-Minervois (11286) Pezens (11288) Plaigne (11290) Plavilla (11291) La Pomarède (11292) Pradelles-Cabardès (11297) Preixan (11299) Puginier (11300) Puichéric (11301) Raissac-sur-Lampy (11308) La Redorte (11190) Ribouisse (11312) Ricaud (11313) Rieux-en-Val (11314) Rieux-Minervois (11315) Roquefère (11319) Rouffiac-d'Aude (11325) Roullens (11327) Rustiques (11330) Saint-Amans (11331) Saint-Denis (11339) Sainte-Camelle (11334) Sainte-Eulalie (11340) Saint-Frichoux (11342) Saint-Gaudéric (11343) Saint-Julien-de-Briola (11348) Saint-Martin-Lalande (11356) Saint-Martin-le-Vieil (11357) Saint-Michel-de-Lanès (11359) Saint-Papoul (11361) Saint-Paulet (11362) Saint-Sernin (11365) Saissac (11367) Sallèles-Cabardès (11368) Salles-sur-l'Hers (11371) Salsigne (11372) Serviès-en-Val (11378) Souilhanels (11382) Souilhe (11383) Soupex (11385) Taurize (11387) La Tourette-Cabardès (11391) Trassanel (11395) Trausse (11396) Trèbes (11397) Tréville (11399) Val-de-Dagne (11251) Ventenac-Cabardès (11404) Verdun-en-Lauragais (11407) Verzeille (11408) Villalier (11410) Villanière (11411) Villardonnel (11413) Villar-en-Val (11414) Villarzel-Cabardès (11416) Villasavary (11418) Villautou (11419) Villedubert (11422) Villefloure (11423) Villegailhenc (11425) Villegly (11426) Villemagne (11428) Villemoustaussou (11429) Villeneuve-la-Comptal (11430) Villeneuve-lès-Montréal (11432) Villeneuve-Minervois (11433) Villepinte (11434) Villesèquelande (11437) Villesiscle (11438) Villespy (11439) Villetritouls (11440)