Armissan

Armissan (Occitan: Armissan) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Armissan
Commune
Church of Saint Etienne in Armissan
Coat of arms
Location of Armissan
Armissan Show map of France Armissan Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°11′17″N 3°05′50″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude
Intercommunality	Le Grand Narbonne
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Gérard Kerfyser
Area ^1	12.51 km^2 (4.83 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,520
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11014 /11110
Elevation	3–195 m (9.8–639.8 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Armissannais or Armissannaises [2]

Geography

Armissan is part of the urban area of Narbonne and is located just 2 km east of the city immediately south of Vinassan and inside the Regional Natural Park of Narbonne. Access to the commune is by road D68 from Narbonne passing through the town and continuing south-east to join the D168 to Narbonne-Plage at the southern border of the commune. The D168 from Narbonne to Narbonne-Plage also passes through the south of the commune. There is also the D31 going south from Vinasson through the west of the commune to join the D32. The A9 autoroute passes through the west of the commune but has no exit - the nearest exit is Exit 37 at Narbonne. The commune has large forests in the south-west and in the north with the rest of the commune farmland.[3]

The Ruisseau Mayral with many tributaries flows through the village west to join a network of canals west of the A9.

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

History

Heraldry

Arms of Armissan

Blazon: Ermine, in fesse fusilly Or and Azure.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	Gérard Kerfyser

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 1,547 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]

Population change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
281	472	418	443	439	493	511	520	526

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
545	582	685	633	725	905	921	917	873

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
905	859	796	804	846	851	738	576	609

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
636	713	687	935	1,252	1,211	-	1,547	-

Sources: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Population of Armissan

Economy

The commune is part of the Languedoc AOC.

Sites and monuments

Remain of Saint Peter's church

• The Remains of the Church of Saint Peter (Middle Ages) are registered as an historical monument.[5]
• The Chateau of Armissan
• The War Memorial (20th century) is registered as an historical object.[6]

The Church of Saint-Etienne contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Tombstone of René de Chefdebien (1615)[7]
• Statues (18th-19th century)[8]
• An Altar Painting: Saints Pierre and Etienne (17th century)[9]
• A box for holy oils (1684)[10]
• A Ciborium (1654)[11]
• A Ciborium (17th century)[12]
• A Bronze Bell (1732)[13]
• A Sacristy Washbasin (15th century)[14]
• A Statue/Reliquary: Saint Roch (18th century)[15]
• 4 Altar Candlesticks and a Cross (17th century)[16]
• 6 Altar Candlesticks and a Cross (17th century)[17]

See also

• Communes of the Aude department

External links

• Armissan official website (in French)
• Armissan on Lion1906
• Armissan on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Armißan on the 1750 Cassini Map

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 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

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Inhabitants of Aude (in French)
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102538 Remains of the Church of Saint Peter (in French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM11000051 War Memorial (in French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM11002131 Tombstone of René de Chefdebien (in French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001710 Christ on the Cross PM11001709 Saint Francis of AssisiPM11001708 Saint EtiennePM11001707 Saint RochPM11001706 Saint JosephPM11002735 Saint Germaine de Pibrac(in French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001705 Altar Painting: Saints Pierre and Etienne (in French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001704 Box for holy oils (in French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001695 Ciborium (in French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001694 Ciborium (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001693 Bronze Bell (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002595 Sacristy Washbasin (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002594 Statue/Reliquary: Saint Roch (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002593 4 Altar Candlesticks and a Cross (in French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002592 6 Altar Candlesticks and a Cross (in French)