Arabaux

Arabaux is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.

Arabaux
Commune
Arabaux Community Hall
Location of Arabaux
Arabaux
Arabaux
Coordinates: 42°59′09″N 1°38′37″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementFoix
CantonVal d'Ariège
IntercommunalityPays de Foix
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Claude Dupuy
Area
1
4.59 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
76
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09013 /09000
Elevation395–826 m (1,296–2,710 ft)
(avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arabausois or Arabausoises[2]

Geography

Arabaux is some 20 km south of Pamiers and 2 km north-east of Foix to which urban area it belongs. National Highway N20 passes through the south-western corner of the commune partly in a tunnel but it has no exit in the commune with the nearest exit No. 10 south of Saint-Jean-de-Verges. The D1 road goes from Foix through the south of the commune and continues east to Carla-de-Roquefort. Access to the village is by country roads - one from the NR20 Exit 10 and one from the D1 on the eastern border. The commune is heavily forested in the centre and west with the rest of the land farmland.[3]

The Alses river passes through the centre of the commune from east to west then turns north forming part of the western border to join the Ariège near the NR20 Exit 10. The Ruisseau d'Araboux rises west of the village and flows north-west to join the Ariege.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

Bernard de Lordat, co-lord of Lordat, received Arabaux in around 1250, after an exchange with the count of Foix and thus became the lord.

Administration
Arabaux Church

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
18041808Jean Duran
18101812Dominique Rouch
18131813Pierre Rouch
18161819François Azam Coustant
18231828Dominique Rouch
18531853Pierre Rouch
18771878Jean Melet
18841892Jean-Baptiste Marfaing
20012020Michel Rouch

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 76 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 142—    
1800 159+1.63%
1806 151−0.86%
1821 152+0.04%
1831 154+0.13%
1836 170+2.00%
1841 167−0.36%
1846 180+1.51%
1851 183+0.33%
1856 163−2.29%
1861 173+1.20%
1866 180+0.80%
1872 149−3.10%
1876 170+3.35%
1881 127−5.67%
1886 122−0.80%
1891 114−1.35%
1896 115+0.17%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 120+0.85%
1906 104−2.82%
1911 91−2.64%
1921 72−2.31%
1926 75+0.82%
1931 80+1.30%
1936 68−3.20%
1946 62−0.92%
1954 62+0.00%
1962 36−6.57%
1968 47+4.54%
1975 37−3.36%
1982 55+5.83%
1990 47−1.95%
1999 54+1.55%
2007 63+1.95%
2012 55−2.68%
2017 76+6.68%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
    2. Inhabitants of Ariège (in French)
    3. Google Maps
    4. List of Mayors of France
    5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arabaux, EHESS. (in French)
    6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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