Canté

Canté is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Canté
Commune
Location of Canté
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Coordinates: 43°15′20″N 1°31′56″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Portes d'Ariège
Intercommunality	Canton of Saverdun
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Bisognin
Area ^1	9.8 km^2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	205
• Density	21/km^2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09076 /09700
Elevation	216–352 m (709–1,155 ft) (avg. 225 m or 738 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

This famous surname recorded in the spellings of Cante, Conte, Comte and Conti, is of Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese origins. It derives from the Latin 'comptus' meaning 'order or control', and such in the Roman Empire it applied to officials of rank responsible for administering a small region. Later it was adopted as a major mark of nobility throughout much of Europe. Various noble prefixes are often attached to the name (i.e. the Von Cante's of Kalsruhe, or De Cante family of Aquitaine). One such Italian family were the 'Princes de Conti', in France 'Le Comte de St. Jean' and in Languedoc the 'Conte de Tauriers'. Examples of the surname recording from church records include Juan Cante, who married Anna Maria Vicens, at La Bisbal, Santa Maria, Gerona on May 2, 1750, whilst in the USA Corina Ida Conti, the daughter of Domenico Conti, was christened at Tomales, California on June 19, 1893. The coat of arms most associated with this distinguished surname is probably that of a red lion rampant regardant set on a gold field. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Lucretia Cante, which was dated December 12, 1577, christened at Messina, Italy, during the reign of Pope Gregory XIII, reigned from 1572 to 1585.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	118	—
1968	150	+27.1%
1975	158	+5.3%
1982	142	−10.1%
1990	164	+15.5%
1999	179	+9.1%
2008	203	+13.4%

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

• INSEE

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.