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Arignac

Coordinates: 42°52′19″N 1°36′05″E / 42.8719°N 1.6014°E / 42.8719; 1.6014
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Arignac
Gypsum from Arignac
Gypsum from Arignac
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Arignac is located in France
Arignac
Arignac
Arignac is located in Occitanie
Arignac
Arignac
Coordinates: 42°52′19″N 1°36′05″E / 42.8719°N 1.6014°E / 42.8719; 1.6014
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementFoix
CantonSabarthès
IntercommunalityCC Pays Tarascon
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Pujol[1]
Area
1
8.84 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
712
 • Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09015 /09400
Elevation467–1,371 m (1,532–4,498 ft)
(avg. 470 m or 1,540 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arignac (French pronunciation: [aʁiɲak]; Occitan: Arnhac) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Geography

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Arignac is located 2 km north of Tarascon-sur-Ariège and some 11 km south of Foix. Access to the commune is by road D88 from Tarascon-sur-Ariège in the south passing through the village and continuing north-east to join National Highway N20 at Exit 14. The N20 passes through the south-east of the commune but the nearest exit is Exit 14 just east of the commune. The town covers about 10% of the commune with the rest mostly forest and hill country with a few farms in the south.[3]

The Ariège river forms the south-eastern border of the commune and the Saurat flows south through the commune and the town to join the Ariège.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

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List of successive mayors[4]

From To Name
1900 1919 Louis Philippe
2001 2026 Philippe Pujol

Demography

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arignacois or Arignacoises in French.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 580—    
1800 508−1.88%
1806 612+3.15%
1821 596−0.18%
1831 789+2.84%
1836 751−0.98%
1841 781+0.79%
1846 813+0.81%
1851 860+1.13%
1856 800−1.44%
1861 818+0.45%
1866 803−0.37%
1872 729−1.60%
1876 780+1.70%
1881 800+0.51%
1886 820+0.50%
1891 778−1.05%
1896 786+0.20%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 712−1.96%
1906 684−0.80%
1911 613−2.17%
1921 509−1.84%
1926 549+1.52%
1931 528−0.78%
1936 506−0.85%
1946 481−0.51%
1954 494+0.33%
1962 464−0.78%
1968 502+1.32%
1975 532+0.83%
1982 683+3.63%
1990 626−1.08%
1999 583−0.79%
2007 694+2.20%
2012 723+0.82%
2017 707−0.45%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]
Celestine from Arignac

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. ^ Le nom des habitants du 09 - Ariège, habitants.fr
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arignac, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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