Saint-Arnac

Saint-Arnac (Occitan: Çantarnac) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Saint-Arnac

Sent Arnac
Commune
The village with the Corbières Massif in the background
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Arnac
Saint-Arnac
Saint-Arnac
Coordinates: 42°46′51″N 2°31′48″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLa Vallée de l'Agly
IntercommunalityAgly Fenouillèdes
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Guy Calvet
Area
1
6.60 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
115
 • Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66169 /66220
Elevation212–583 m (696–1,913 ft)
(avg. 306 m or 1,004 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Arnac is in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Saint-Arnac and its surrounding communes

Toponymy
Attested forms

The name of Saint-Arnac appears in 899 as villare Centernacho, followed by Centernacum in the 12th century. But already in 1137, Ermengaud de So gives the name Sent Ernach, which later becomes Sant Arnach or Sanctum Arnachum, and then Saint-Arnac or Saint-Arnach in French.[2] · [3]

Etymology

The original name, Centernach, is probably that of a landowner, followed by the suffix -acum, which may be either :[3]

  • Centerinus (from Centenus) ;
  • Cincturinus (from Cinctura) ;
  • Centuriones (from centurion).

The mistake made in the 12th century by homonymy is a reference to a supposed saint Arnach, who never existed, although Arnac used to be a common German name at the time (from arn, eagle, followed by -acum).[3]

Population
Population 1962-2008
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. (in French) Jean Sagnes (dir.), Le pays catalan, t. 2, Pau, Société nouvelle d'éditions régionales, 1985
  3. (in French) Lluís Basseda, Toponymie historique de Catalunya Nord, t. 1, Prades, Revista Terra Nostra, 1990


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