Lézignan-Corbières
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Lézignan-Corbières | |
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Location of Lézignan-Corbières  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Narbonne |
| Canton | Lézignan-Corbières |
| Intercommunality | Région Lézignanaise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2009–2014) | Michel Maïque (PS) |
| Area 1 | 37.68 km2 (14.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 9,968 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11203 /11200 |
| Elevation | 19–187 m (62–614 ft) (avg. 51 m or 167 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Lézignan-Corbières ([Lesinhan de las Corbièras or Lesinhan de las Corbièiras] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a commune in the Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. Situated in the Corbières wine region not far from Narbonne, it has a Vine and Wine Museum (Musée de la Vigne et du Vin).
Geography
The river Orbieu flows northeast through the southeastern part of the commune and forms part of its eastern border.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 1,379 | — |
| 1800 | 1,505 | +9.1% |
| 1806 | 1,668 | +10.8% |
| 1821 | 1,669 | +0.1% |
| 1831 | 1,792 | +7.4% |
| 1836 | 2,269 | +26.6% |
| 1841 | 2,168 | −4.5% |
| 1846 | 2,442 | +12.6% |
| 1851 | 2,537 | +3.9% |
| 1856 | 2,754 | +8.6% |
| 1861 | 3,016 | +9.5% |
| 1866 | 3,934 | +30.4% |
| 1872 | 3,969 | +0.9% |
| 1876 | 4,670 | +17.7% |
| 1881 | 6,286 | +34.6% |
| 1886 | 6,569 | +4.5% |
| 1891 | 4,792 | −27.1% |
| 1896 | 4,857 | +1.4% |
| 1901 | 4,951 | +1.9% |
| 1906 | 6,339 | +28.0% |
| 1911 | 6,787 | +7.1% |
| 1921 | 7,039 | +3.7% |
| 1926 | 7,152 | +1.6% |
| 1931 | 7,227 | +1.0% |
| 1936 | 7,248 | +0.3% |
| 1946 | 6,986 | −3.6% |
| 1954 | 6,682 | −4.4% |
| 1962 | 6,939 | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 7,558 | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 7,355 | −2.7% |
| 1982 | 7,514 | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 7,881 | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 8,266 | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 9,968 | +20.6% |
Sport
Football Club de Lézignan (also known as Lézignan Sangliers - the Wild Boars) are a semi-professional rugby league club based in Lézignan-Corbières. They became French Champions for the first time in 30 years at the end of the 2007-2008 national competition.
Lezignan 9s is a rugby league nines tournament.
A FlyZone Indoor Skydiving Windtunnel is due to open in November 2011 http://www.flyzone.fr/
See also
References
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