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Auriac
Coat of arms of Auriac
Location of Auriac
Map
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementCarcassonne
CantonMouthoumet
IntercommunalityRégion Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Jean Simon
Area
1
20.93 km2 (8.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
32
 • Density1.5/km2 (4.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
11020 /11330
Elevation356–907 m (1,168–2,976 ft)
(avg. 568 m or 1,864 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auriacois or Auriacoises.[1]

Geography

The Col de Redoulade

The commune is located in the Corbières some 35 km south-east of Limoux and 15 km east of Arques. Access to the commune is by the D212 road which branches from the D613 west of Mouthoumet and goes south through the commune by a tortuous route then continues south to join the D10 north-east of Soulatgé. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Savugnan in the south-west and La Grave north of the village. The whole of the commune is rugged and heavily forested.[2]

Many streams rise all over the commune and flow northwards to join the Orbieu which flows through the commune from south-west to north to eventually join the Aude near Raissac-d'Aude.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

Heraldry

Arms of Auriac
Arms of Auriac
The official status of the blazon remains to be determined.

Blazon:
Argent, a fesse fusilly of Azure and Argent.



Administration

List of Successive Mayors[3]

From To Name Party Position
2001 2014 Yvette Fabre
2014 2020 Jean Simon

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 32 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 towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Template:Table Population Town

Population of Auriac

Culture and heritage

Ruins of the Chateau

Civil heritage

The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:

  • The Ruins of a Chateau (11th century)[4]

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

  • The Chapel of Saint-André (12th century)[5] The Church contains one item that is registered as an historical object:

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, 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