INSEE recently published the 2022 legal populations which came into force on January 1, 2025. These figures are important for municipalities since they make it possible to determine the amount of the overall operating allocation allocated by the State based on the number of inhabitants.
Between 2016 and 2022, the population increases slightly in Aude (+ 0.4% per year), also with a slowdown compared to the previous period. That is 9,748 more inhabitants in five years.
An increase lower than the regional average, which increases by 0.8% per year and which is due exclusively to the migratory balance which amounts to + 0.8% in average annual evolution, when the natural balance (difference between births and annual death) is slightly negative over the period at – 0.3%. The department remains attractive but births are no longer able to compensate for deaths.
As of January 1, 2022, Aude officially has nearly 378,000 souls, compared to 368,025 in 2016.
Find out, in the map of Aude below, if your municipality gained or lost inhabitants between January 1, 2016 and January 1, 2022.
10,000 more inhabitants in Narbonne than in Carcassonne
Narbonne consolidates its position as the leading city in Aude with 56,692 inhabitants as of January 1, 2022 compared to 46,429 for Carcassonne. 3rd place goes to Castelnaudary (12,212), which widens the gap with Lézignan-Corbières and its 10,855 inhabitants.
The strongest demographic change is observed in Caunette-sur-Lauquet where the population almost triples in 5 years, from 4 to 11. It is in Saint-Couat-du-Razès that the population decreased the most between the beginning of 2016 and the beginning 2022, going from 58 to 43 residents, or -26%.
