Nescus

Nescus
Commune
Location of Nescus
Nescus Nescus
Coordinates: 42°59′35″N 1°25′58″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Est
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Geneviève Amardeilh
Area 1	3 km2 (1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	59
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09216 /09240
Elevation	415–680 m (1,362–2,231 ft) (avg. 416 m or 1,365 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nescus is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 234 —     1800 118 −49.6% 1806 290 +145.8% 1821 314 +8.3% 1831 390 +24.2% 1836 280 −28.2% 1841 291 +3.9% 1846 278 −4.5% 1851 282 +1.4% 1856 247 −12.4% 1861 261 +5.7% 1866 214 −18.0% 1872 212 −0.9% 1876 237 +11.8% 1881 237 +0.0% 1886 216 −8.9% 1891 208 −3.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 207 −0.5% 1901 171 −17.4% 1906 167 −2.3% 1911 151 −9.6% 1921 119 −21.2% 1926 106 −10.9% 1931 109 +2.8% 1936 92 −15.6% 1946 83 −9.8% 1954 82 −1.2% 1962 60 −26.8% 1968 41 −31.7% 1975 41 +0.0% 1982 38 −7.3% 1990 40 +5.3% 1999 61 +52.5% 2008 70 +14.8%

Inhabitants are called Nescuséens.

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department