Barbaira

Barbaira
Barbaira
Commune
	The Church of Saint-Julien
	Coat of arms
	Location of Barbaira
	Barbaira Barbaira
	Coordinates: 43°11′09″N 2°30′46″E / 43.1858°N 2.5128°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	La Montagne d'Alaric
Intercommunality	Piémont d'Alaric
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacques Fabre
Area 1	9.40 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
Population (2021)	789
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11027 /11800
Elevation	66–502 m (217–1,647 ft) ; (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barbaira is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barbairanais or Barbairanaises.^[2]

Geography

Barbaira is located in the Corbières Massif, at the foot of Mount Alaric in the urban area of Carcassonne some 15 km east of the city. Access to the commune is by the D6113 road from Floure in the west which passes through the north of the commune and the village before continuing east to Capendu. The A61 autoroute passes through the centre of the commune from west to east but there is no exit in the commune. The nearest exit is Exit 24 some 7 km to the west of the commune which links to the D6113. A railway passes through commune and the village from west to east but has no station in or near the commune. The commune is farmland in the north with the slopes of the mountain in the south forested.^[3]

The Aude river forms the northern border of the commune as it flows east to join the Mediterranean Sea south-west of Valras-Plage. Several streams rise in the south of the commune and flow north to join the Aude including the Ruisseau de la Pelliere. The Ruisseau de Saint-Jean rises in the far south-east of the commune and flows north then east to join the Ruisseau de la Tuilerie.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[3]

Heraldry

Arms of Barbaira	The official status of the blazon remains to be determined. Blazon: Azure, a chevron of Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1936

From	To	Name
1792	1796	Pierre Agussol
1796	1797	Laurens Marty
1797	1798	Jean Besiat
1798	1800	Pierre Agussol
1800	1806	François Bel
1806	1813	Noël Bel
1813	1816	Pierre Agussol
1816	1818	Pierre Huillet
1818	1819	Jacques Huillet
1819	1821	Jean Baptiste Dalbès
1821	1826	Jacques Cabrié
1826	1829	Jacques Huillet
1829	1830	Louis Pascal Marty
1830	1840	Antoine Bel
1840	1846	Adrien Bel
1846	1869	Philippe Aybram
1869	1870	Pierre Robert
1870	1871	Alcide Jeantet
1871	1876	Pierre Bel
1876	1882	Alcide Jeantot
1882	1884	Maurice Prouzet
1884	1888	Félix Joucla
1888	1892	Maurice Prouzet
1892	1900	Casimir Rigaud
1900	1919	Auguste Robert
1919	1936	François Sarda

Mayors from 1936

From	To	Name
1936	1944	Etienne Daydé
1944	1953	François Viguier
1953	1965	Jean Vibes
1965	1995	Emile Bacquier
1995	2014	Robert Amouroux
2014	2020	Jacques Fabre

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 733 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

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Economy

Industry

There is a Compressor station for the TIGF natural gas network.^[5]

Agriculture

The commune is part of the zone for the qualitative names:

Vin de pays des coteaux de Miramont (Vin de Pays from the slopes of Miramont)
Vignoble de la Montagne d'Alaric (Vineyards of Mount Alaric) which is part of the Corbières AOC

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The remains of the Chateau of Miramont (Middle Ages) are registered as an historical monument.^[6]

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint-Julien-Sainte-Basilisse (12th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[7] The Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
- A Baptismal font (18th century)^[8]
- A Statue: Virgin and child (17th century)^[9]

Notable people linked to the commune

Chabert de Barbeira

Notes and references

Notes

^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Inhabitants of Aude (in French)
^ ^a ^b ^c Google Maps
^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
^ TIGF website (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102552 Chateau of Miramont (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102553 IA11000076 Church of Saint-Julien-Sainte-Basilisse(in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11000624 Baptismal font (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11000623 Statue: Virgin and child (in French)

[5] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

[popleg2021-1] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[2] Inhabitants of Aude (in French)

[Google-3] Google Maps

[4] List of Mayors of France (in French)

[6] TIGF website (in French)

[7] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102552 Chateau of Miramont (in French)

[8] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102553 IA11000076 Church of Saint-Julien-Sainte-Basilisse(in French)

[9] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11000624 Baptismal font (in French)

[10] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11000623 Statue: Virgin and child (in French)

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