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):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: