Arabaux

Arabaux is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.

Arabaux
Commune
Arabaux Community Hall
Location of Arabaux
Arabaux
Arabaux
Coordinates: 42°59′09″N 1°38′37″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementFoix
CantonVal d'Ariège
IntercommunalityPays de Foix
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2020) Michel Rouch
Area
1
4.59 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
76
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09013 /09000
Elevation395–826 m (1,296–2,710 ft)
(avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arabausois or Arabausoises[2]

Geography

Arabaux is some 20 km south of Pamiers and 2 km north-east of Foix to which urban area it belongs. National Highway N20 passes through the south-western corner of the commune partly in a tunnel but it has no exit in the commune with the nearest exit No. 10 south of Saint-Jean-de-Verges. The D1 road goes from Foix through the south of the commune and continues east to Carla-de-Roquefort. Access to the village is by country roads - one from the NR20 Exit 10 and one from the D1 on the eastern border. The commune is heavily forested in the centre and west with the rest of the land farmland.[3]

The Alses river passes through the centre of the commune from east to west then turns north forming part of the western border to join the Ariège near the NR20 Exit 10. The Ruisseau d'Araboux rises west of the village and flows north-west to join the Ariege.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

History

Bernard de Lordat, co-lord of Lordat, received Arabaux in around 1250, after an exchange with the count of Foix and thus became the lord.

Administration
Arabaux Church

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
18041808Jean Duran
18101812Dominique Rouch
18131813Pierre Rouch
18161819François Azam Coustant
18231828Dominique Rouch
18531853Pierre Rouch
18771878Jean Melet
18841892Jean-Baptiste Marfaing
20012020Michel Rouch

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 63 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
142 159 151 152 154 170 167 180 183
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
163 173 180 149 170 127 122 114 115
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
120 104 91 72 75 80 68 62 62
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 -
36 47 37 55 47 54 63 63 -
Population of Arabaux

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 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 Ariège (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. List of Mayors of France
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