Arabaux

Commune in Occitanie, France
Commune in Occitania, France
Location of Arabaux
Map
(2020–2026) Jean-Claude Dupuy[1]Area
1
4.59 km2 (1.77 sq mi)Population
 (2021)[2]
80 • Density17/km2 (45/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.

Arabaux (French pronunciation: [aʁabo]; Occitan: Aravaut) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.

Geography

Arabaux is some 20 km south of Pamiers and 2 km north-east of Foix, which is the urban area to which 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 being 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

Places adjacent to Arabaux
Labarre Dalou Gudas
Le Capitany
Arabaux
 L'Herm
Foix Montgailhard Pradières

[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
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List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name
1804 1808 Jean Duran
1810 1812 Dominique Rouch
1813 1813 Pierre Rouch
1816 1819 François Azam Coustant
1823 1828 Dominique Rouch
1853 1853 Pierre Rouch
1877 1878 Jean Melet
1884 1892 Jean-Baptiste Marfaing
2001 2020 Michel Rouch
2020 2026 Jean-Claude Dupuy

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arabausois or Arabausoises in French.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 142—    
1800 159+1.63%
1806 151−0.86%
1821 152+0.04%
1831 154+0.13%
1836 170+2.00%
1841 167−0.36%
1846 180+1.51%
1851 183+0.33%
1856 163−2.29%
1861 173+1.20%
1866 180+0.80%
1872 149−3.10%
1876 170+3.35%
1881 127−5.67%
1886 122−0.80%
1891 114−1.35%
1896 115+0.17%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 120+0.85%
1906 104−2.82%
1911 91−2.64%
1921 72−2.31%
1926 75+0.82%
1931 80+1.30%
1936 68−3.20%
1946 62−0.92%
1954 62+0.00%
1962 36−6.57%
1968 47+4.54%
1975 37−3.36%
1982 55+5.83%
1990 47−1.95%
1999 54+1.55%
2007 63+1.95%
2012 55−2.68%
2017 76+6.68%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

See also

  • Arabaux on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
  • Arabaux on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  • Arabaux on the 1750 Cassini Map

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France
  5. ^ Le nom des habitants du 09 - Ariège, habitants.fr
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arabaux, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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