Canton of Portes du Couserans

Canton of Portes du Couserans
Canton
Situation of the canton of Portes du Couserans in the department of Ariège
Situation of the canton of Portes du Couserans in the department of Ariège
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAriège
No. of communes28
SeatSaint-Lizier
Population
 (2022)[1]
9,540
INSEE code0911

The canton of Portes du Couserans is an administrative division of the Ariège department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Lizier.[2]

It consists of the following communes:[2]

  1. Bagert
  2. Barjac
  3. La Bastide-du-Salat
  4. Bédeille
  5. Betchat
  6. Caumont
  7. Cazavet
  8. Cérizols
  9. Contrazy
  10. Fabas
  11. Gajan
  12. Lacave
  13. Lasserre
  14. Lorp-Sentaraille
  15. Mauvezin-de-Prat
  16. Mauvezin-de-Sainte-Croix
  17. Mercenac
  18. Mérigon
  19. Montardit
  20. Montesquieu-Avantès
  21. Montgauch
  22. Montjoie-en-Couserans
  23. Prat-Bonrepaux
  24. Sainte-Croix-Volvestre
  25. Saint-Lizier
  26. Taurignan-Castet
  27. Taurignan-Vieux
  28. Tourtouse

References

  1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Décret n° 2014-174 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ariège | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-06.

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