Auriac, Aude

Auriac

Coat of arms
Auriac

Coordinates: 42°55′56″N 2°29′34″E / 42.9322°N 2.4928°E / 42.9322; 2.4928Coordinates: 42°55′56″N 2°29′34″E / 42.9322°N 2.4928°E / 42.9322; 2.4928
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Aude
Arrondissement Carcassonne
Canton Mouthoumet
Intercommunality Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Jean Simon
Area1 20.93 km2 (8.08 sq mi)
Population (2010)2 32
  Density 1.5/km2 (4.0/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 11020 / 11330
Elevation 356–907 m (1,168–2,976 ft)
(avg. 568 m or 1,864 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Auriac is a French commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auriacois or Auriacoises.[1]

Geography

The Col de Redoulade

The commune is located in the Corbières some 35 km south-east of Limoux and 15 km east of Arques. Access to the commune is by the D212 road which branches from the D613 west of Mouthoumet and goes south through the commune by a tortuous route then continues south to join the D10 north-east of Soulatgé. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Savugnan in the south-west and La Grave north of the village. The whole of the commune is rugged and heavily forested.[2]

Many streams rise all over the commune and flow northwards to join the Orbieu which flows through the commune from south-west to north to eventually join the Aude near Raissac-d'Aude.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

Heraldry

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined.

Blazon:
Argent, a fesse fusilly of Azure and Argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[3]

From To Name Party Position
2001 2014 Yvette Fabre
2014 2020 Jean Simon

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 32 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population Change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
240 240 229 271 277 239 249 209 244
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
259 247 224 216 214 216 253 177 182
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
149 161 146 103 103 118 114 79 78
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
73 37 28 25 29 35 41 32 -

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Culture and heritage

Ruins of the Chateau

Civil heritage

The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

See also

External links

Notes and references

Notes

  1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

  1. Inhabitants of Aude (French)
  2. 1 2 3 Google Maps
  3. List of Mayors of France (French)
  4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102545 Ruins of a Chateau (French)
  5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102544 Chapel of Saint-André (French)
  6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002132 Cope and Chasuble (French)
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