Artigues, Aude

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

Artigues
Commune
A general view of Artigues
Coat of arms
Location of Artigues
Artigues Artigues
Coordinates: 42°48′00″N 2°13′00″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Limoux
Canton	La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude
Intercommunality	CC Pyrénées Audoises
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Serge Mounié
Area ^1	6.38 km^2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	73
• Density	11/km^2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11017 /11140
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artiguais or Artiguaises.[2]

Geography

Artigues Mairie

Artigues is located some 10 km south by south-east of Quillan and 2 km west of Axat. Access to the commune is by the D83 road from Axat in the east passing through the village and continuing west then south by a tortuous route to Le Clat. The commune is rugged and heavily forested but with a little farming activity near the village.[3]

The Aude River forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north. The Ruisseau de l'Esteille rises in the south of the commune and flows east to join the Aude east of the commune. The Ruisseau de la Fage rises in the south of the commune and flows north to join the Ruisseau d'Artigues just south of the village which flows east to join the Aude.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Artigues

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined Blazon: Party per fesse, Or and Azure.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Christian Domingo
2001	2020	Serge Mounié	PS

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 73 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 134 —     1800 139 +0.52% 1806 166 +3.00% 1821 204 +1.38% 1831 198 −0.30% 1836 221 +2.22% 1841 214 −0.64% 1846 206 −0.76% 1851 228 +2.05% 1856 219 −0.80% 1861 209 −0.93% 1866 212 +0.29% 1872 184 −2.33% 1876 176 −1.11% 1881 173 −0.34% 1886 179 +0.68% 1891 181 +0.22% 1896 165 −1.83%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 164 −0.12% 1906 162 −0.25% 1911 167 +0.61% 1921 127 −2.70% 1926 125 −0.32% 1931 147 +3.30% 1936 130 −2.43% 1946 125 −0.39% 1954 129 +0.39% 1962 92 −4.14% 1968 102 +1.73% 1975 95 −1.01% 1982 94 −0.15% 1990 83 −1.54% 1999 82 −0.13% 2007 88 +0.89% 2012 82 −1.40% 2017 73 −2.30%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

Artigues War Memorial

Sites and monuments

The Church of Saint Nicolas

• The Church of Saint-Nicolas (1830);
• The Gorge of Saint-Georges, with cliffs 300m high;
• The Col du Garabeil.

Church Picture Gallery

• 
  Artigues Church Interior
• 
  Baptismal Font from 1648
• 
  A statue of Joan of Arc in the Church
• 
  Stained Glass in the Church

See also

• Communes of the Aude department

References

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

External links

• Artigues on Lion1906
• Artigues on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Arugues on the 1750 Cassini Map