title: Canton of Portes du Couserans
text: # Canton of Portes du Couserans
  
  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.
  
  It consists of the following communes:
  
  * Bagert
  * Barjac
  * La Bastide-du-Salat
  * Bédeille
  * Betchat
  * Caumont
  * Cazavet
  * Cérizols
  * Contrazy
  * Fabas
  * Gajan
  * Lacave
  * Lasserre
  * Lorp-Sentaraille
  * Mauvezin-de-Prat
  * Mauvezin-de-Sainte-Croix
  * Mercenac
  * Mérigon
  * Montardit
  * Montesquieu-Avantès
  * Montgauch
  * Montjoie-en-Couserans
  * Prat-Bonrepaux
  * Sainte-Croix-Volvestre
  * Saint-Lizier
  * Taurignan-Castet
  * Taurignan-Vieux
  * Tourtouse
  