Axat

Axat
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Axat
Administration
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Limoux
Canton	Axat
Intercommunality	Canton of Axat
Mayor	Marcel Martinez (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	394–1,330 m (1,293–4,360 ft) (avg. 398 m or 1,306 ft)
Land area1	11.77 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population2	696  (2008)
- Density	59 /km2 (150 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	11021/ 11140
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Axat (Atsat in Occitan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Axat is a pretty tourist town dituated on the D118 in the high valley of Aude. Surrounded by mountains and gorges, the narrowest Gorges St Georges is only 3 km away. The River Aude runs through Axat making a picturesque setting and a popular whitewater sport location. 300 metres of fly fishing stretches where the quality of oxygen in the water attracts salmon and trout.

A 100-year-old railway the 'Pays Cathare Tourist Train' links Axat to Rivesaltes. 60 km of track running over impressive viaducts and through tunnels on open air carriages. Also here a fabulous outdoor swimming pool open June to September with great mountain views.

Population

Historical population of Axat

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	993	997	911	1021	919	832	696

See also

• Communes of the Aude department

References

• INSEE

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