Auriac, Aude

Auriac (French pronunciation: [oʁjak] (listen)) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Auriac
Commune
The road into Auriac
Coat of arms
Location of Auriac
Auriac Auriac
Coordinates: 42°55′56″N 2°29′34″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Les Corbières
Intercommunality	CC Région Lézignanaise Corbières Minervois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Sutra
Area ^1	20.93 km^2 (8.08 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	43
• Density	2.1/km^2 (5.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auriacois or Auriacoises.[2]

Geography

The Col de Redoulade

The commune is located in the Corbières Massif 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.[3]

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.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Auriac

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined. Blazon: Argent, a fesse fusilly of Azure and Argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

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

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 43 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 240 —     1800 240 +0.00% 1806 229 −0.78% 1821 271 +1.13% 1831 277 +0.22% 1836 239 −2.91% 1841 249 +0.82% 1846 209 −3.44% 1851 244 +3.15% 1856 259 +1.20% 1861 247 −0.94% 1866 224 −1.94% 1872 216 −0.60% 1876 214 −0.23% 1881 216 +0.19% 1886 253 +3.21% 1891 177 −6.90% 1896 182 +0.56%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 149 −3.92% 1906 161 +1.56% 1911 146 −1.94% 1921 103 −3.43% 1926 103 +0.00% 1931 118 +2.76% 1936 114 −0.69% 1946 79 −3.60% 1954 78 −0.16% 1962 73 −0.82% 1968 37 −10.71% 1975 28 −3.90% 1982 25 −1.61% 1990 29 +1.87% 1999 35 +2.11% 2007 39 +1.36% 2012 33 −3.29% 2017 43 +5.44%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

Culture and heritage

Ruins of the Chateau

Civil heritage

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

• The Ruins of a Chateau (11th century)[7]

Religious heritage

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

• The Chapel of Saint-André (12th century)[8] The Church contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • A Cope and Chasuble (18th century)[9]

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 Auriac, EHESS. (in French)
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102545 Ruins of a Chateau (in French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102544 Chapel of Saint-André (in French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002132 Cope and Chasuble (in French)

External links

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