Caux-et-Sauzens

Caux-et-Sauzens is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Caux-et-Sauzens
The town hall and church in Caux-et-Sauzens
Coat of arms
Location of Caux-et-Sauzens
Caux-et-Sauzens
Caux-et-Sauzens
Coordinates: 43°13′36″N 2°15′23″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementCarcassonne
CantonLa Malepère à la Montagne Noire
IntercommunalityCarcassonnais
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Angel Esteban
Area
1
9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
979
  Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
11084 /11170
Elevation103–177 m (338–581 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Located 8 kilometres west of Carcassonne between the Montagne Noire and Malepère, at the crossroads of the old Roman roads to Toulouse and from Foix towards Ariège and Spain. The Canal du Midi runs between the Village of Caux and the Hamlet of Sauzens. Its inhabitants are known as Cauxois.

History

The hamlet of Sauzens and the village Caux joined to form Caux et Sauzens during the French revolution in 1791.

Population

[2]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793508    
1800504−0.8%
1806531+5.4%
1821507−4.5%
1831465−8.3%
1836487+4.7%
1841488+0.2%
1846493+1.0%
1851508+3.0%
1856496−2.4%
1861446−10.1%
1866422−5.4%
1872432+2.4%
1876422−2.3%
1881520+23.2%
1886540+3.8%
1891527−2.4%
1896553+4.9%
1901551−0.4%
1906556+0.9%
1911522−6.1%
1921503−3.6%
1926524+4.2%
1931556+6.1%
1936505−9.2%
1946507+0.4%
1954510+0.6%
1962450−11.8%
1968429−4.7%
1975516+20.3%
1982594+15.1%
1990705+18.7%
1999739+4.8%
2009776+5.0%

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