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Villesèquelande
Coat of arms of Villesèquelande
Location of Villesèquelande
Map
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementCarcassonne
CantonAlzonne
IntercommunalityCabardès-Canal du Midi
Government
 • Mayor (2008–20114) Jacques Brunel
Area
1
5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
811
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
11437 /11170
Elevation104–160 m (341–525 ft)
(avg. 119 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villesèquelande is a commune near Carcassonne in the Aude department in southern France. It is noted for the ancient field elm, the Ormeau Sully, allegedly planted by Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully in the early 17th century in front of the church in the village centre.

The 'Ormeau Sully'

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793392—    
1800440+12.2%
1806427−3.0%
1821464+8.7%
1831410−11.6%
1836379−7.6%
1841384+1.3%
1846393+2.3%
1851385−2.0%
1856378−1.8%
1861379+0.3%
1866362−4.5%
1872315−13.0%
1876327+3.8%
1881311−4.9%
1886321+3.2%
1891364+13.4%
1896355−2.5%
1901395+11.3%
1906414+4.8%
1911406−1.9%
1921384−5.4%
1926393+2.3%
1931400+1.8%
1936390−2.5%
1946350−10.3%
1954355+1.4%
1962348−2.0%
1968342−1.7%
1975455+33.0%
1982521+14.5%
1990506−2.9%
1999568+12.3%
2008811+42.8%

See also

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