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Alzonne
Alzonne Water Tower
Alzonne Water Tower
Coat of arms of Alzonne
Coat of arms
Location of Alzonne
Map
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementCarcassonne
CantonAlzonne
IntercommunalityCarcassonne Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Régis Banquet
Area
1
22.38 km2 (8.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)
1,303
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
11009 /11170
Elevation108–242 m (354–794 ft)
(avg. 129 m or 423 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alzonnois or Alzonnoises[1]

Geography

The commune is located in the Lauragais valley some 15 km west of Carcassonne and 15 km east of Castelnaudary. The route D6113 passes through the commune from west to east between these two cities and becomes National Route N113 near Carcassonne. The Autoroute des Deux Mers (A61, E80) passes just 1 km south of the commune but the nearest exit is to the D43 near Bram. Other roads running into the commune are the D8 from Montolieu in the north, the D34 from Saint-Martin-le-Vieil in the northwest, and the D33 running west to east from Bram to Villesèquelande forms the southern border of the commune with a connecting road running north to the village. The Bordeaux-Sète railway runs west to east across the southern part of the commune but there is no station. The nearest station is at Bram.[2]

The Fresquel river runs from west to east through the commune passing just south of the village and joining the Aude at Carcassonne. The Fresquel is joined by the Lampy just east of the village and a number of streams flow into the two rivers including the Ruisseau de Fontorbe, the Ruisseau de Rebenty, the Ruisseau de Falgous, and the Vernassonne which forms a part of the northern border of the commune. The Canal du Midi also passes through the southern part of the commune.

The commune is mostly farmland with some forests in the north. Apart from the village of Alzonne there are also the hamlets of Fongayraud and La Rode near the village, and La Migance in the north.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

View of the Pyrenees

Toponymy

The name Alsona dates from 898 and comes from Fresquel. It is based on the Hydronymic root alz- meaning "alder" or "swamp" (Dauzat, Negre, Billy, Morvan) and the suffix -onna.

History

Alzonne from the 9th century was a town of some importance as it was once the capital of the viguerie of its name: vicaria Ausonensis; therefore Alzonne was also known in pago Carcassensi. In this respect the situation of Alzonne has hardly changed since this small town is today the capital of the canton of its name in the arrondissement of Carcassonne.

Its ancient and enduring importance is due to the fertility of its land and the rivers that form its fertile valley. Once the city was fortified and was besieged and taken three times during the Wars of Religion of the 16th century.[3] It was a strategic place in the crusade against the Albigensians.

Heraldry

Arms of Alzonne
Arms of Alzonne
 The official Blazon remains to be determined.

Blazon:
Argent, embrassé sinister Azure.



Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Alzonne[4]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1929
From To Name
1789 1791 Jean Faral
1791 1792 Planchett
1792 1793 Joseph Saisset
1793 1794 Jean Sales
1794 1795 Jean Duquos
1795 1808 Jean Sales
1808 1815 Jean Faral
1815 1824 Honoré Denille
1824 1830 Jean Paul Sales
1830 1853 Jean Baptiste Gellis
1853 1865 Jean Baptiste Denille
1865 1870 Pierre Rancoule
1870 1874 Pierre Edmond Vialatte
1874 1876 Pierre Rancoule
1876 1901 Edmond Henri Vialatte
1901 1904 Marin de Stofflet
1904 1913 Jules Alquier-Griffoulet
1913 1914 Joseph Marty
1914 1922 Henri Guilhot
1922 1929 Antoine Vieu
Mayors from 1929
From To Name Party Position
1929 1943 Jean Bousquet
1943 1944 Georges Satgé
1944 1945 Edouard Revel
1945 1971 Antoine Azam SFIO
1971 1977 Grégoire Vanacker PS
1977 1995 Jacques Tramunt PS
1995 2014 Jean-Marie Salles PS
2014 2020 Régis Banquet

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 1,303 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Template:Table Population Town

Population of Alzonne

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has two structures that are registered as historical objects:

  • The War Memorial (1921)[5]
  • The Monument to Vialatte (1902)[6]
Other sites of interest

Religious heritage

The Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Bronze Bell (1782)[7]
  • A Bronze Bell (1591)[8]

Notable People linked to the commune

  • Jean Dours (1809-1877), Bishop of Soissons, was born in Alzonne
  • Antoine Gayraud (18 May 1910 in Alzonne - 18 March 1981 in Carcassonne), French politician
  • Françoise de Veyrinas (4 September 1943 - 16 August 2008), born and died in Alzonne, French politician

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1], the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities 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

  1. ^ Inhabitants of Aude Template:Fr icon
  2. ^ a b c Google Maps
  3. ^ Dezobry and Bachelet, Dictionnary of Biography, Vol. 1, Ch. Delagrave, 1876, p. 68 Template:Fr icon
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France Template:Fr icon
  5. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM11000173 War Memorial Template:Fr icon
  6. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM11000172 Monument to Vialatte Template:Fr icon
  7. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001688 Bronze bell Template:Fr icon
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001687 Bronze bell Template:Fr icon
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