Augirein

Augirein is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Augirein
Commune
The main square in Augirein
Location of Augirein
Augirein
Augirein
Coordinates: 42°55′57″N 0°55′03″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementSaint-Girons
CantonCouserans Ouest
IntercommunalityCC Couserans - Pyrénées
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Charles Daffis
Area
1
9.84 km2 (3.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
76
 • Density7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09027 /09800
Elevation631–1,721 m (2,070–5,646 ft)
(avg. 634 m or 2,080 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 Augirenois or Augirenoises.[2]

Geography
A Street in Augirein

Augirein is located in the former province of Couserans some 30 km south-east of Saint-Gaudens and 25 km west by south-west of Saint-Girons. Access to the commune is by road D618 from Saint-Lary in the west which passes through the north of the commune and the village and continues east to Orgibet. Just east of the village is the hamlet of Terrefete. The commune is almost all rugged and heavily forested except for a small area in the north where the village is.[3]

The Bouigane river flows through the north of the commune from west to east and continues to join the Lez at Audressein. The Ruisseau de Nede rises south of the commune and flows through the centre from south to north to join the Bouigane on the north-eastern border of the commune. Several tributaries rise in the commune and join the Ruisseau de Nede including the Ruisseau de Couledoux and the Ruisseau des Souls.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

[3]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012014Georges Laïlle
20142020Charles Daffis

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 76 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 418—    
1800 365−1.92%
1806 459+3.89%
1821 489+0.42%
1831 639+2.71%
1836 607−1.02%
1841 620+0.42%
1846 613−0.23%
1851 586−0.90%
1856 594+0.27%
1861 647+1.72%
1866 643−0.12%
1872 547−2.66%
1876 527−0.93%
1881 527+0.00%
1886 511−0.61%
1891 429−3.44%
1896 444+0.69%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 477+1.44%
1906 416−2.70%
1911 400−0.78%
1921 271−3.82%
1926 259−0.90%
1931 208−4.29%
1936 219+1.04%
1946 177−2.11%
1954 128−3.97%
1962 109−1.99%
1968 92−2.79%
1975 59−6.15%
1982 50−2.34%
1990 73+4.84%
1999 73+0.00%
2007 62−2.02%
2012 66+1.26%
2017 76+2.86%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]
Augirein Town Hall
Augirein War Memorial
Augirein Countryside

Sites and monuments

The Church contains a Chalice (19th century) which is registered as a historical object.[7]

See also

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 (in French)
  5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Augirein, EHESS. (in French)
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000868 Chalice (in French)
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