Arquettes-en-Val

Arquettes-en-Val
Arquettes-en-Val
Commune
	The Town Hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Arquettes-en-Val
	Arquettes-en-Val Arquettes-en-Val
	Coordinates: 43°06′14″N 2°30′11″E / 43.104°N 2.5031°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	La Montagne d'Alaric
Intercommunality	Carcassonne Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	André Pech
Area 1	9.31 km2 (3.59 sq mi)
Population (2022)	79
• Density	8.5/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11016 /11220
Elevation	195–561 m (640–1,841 ft) ; (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arquettes-en-Val (French pronunciation: [aʁkɛt ɑ̃ val] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Arquetas) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

The commune is one of the rare ones in France that are free of debt.^[3]

Geography

Arquettes-sur-Val is located some 16 km south-east of Carcassonne and 4 km south-west of Montlaur. Access to the commune is by the D42 road from Palaja in the north-west passing through the commune and the village and continuing south to Serviès-en-Val. The D114 goes north-east from Serviès-en-Val to form part of the eastern border of the commune before joining the D3. The D714 road connects the D3 east of the commune to the village. The D310 goes south-west from the village to Villetritouls. The commune is rugged and forested in the north-west giving way to farmland in the south-east.^[4]

The Ruisseau des Lys rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-east gathering many tributaries. The Ruisseau de Jonquiere rises near the village and flows south-east. The Ruisseau de Lanes rises in the north-west of the commune and also flows south-west gathering many tributaries. All of the streams join the Sou south-west of the commune.^[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

Heraldry

Arms of Arquettes-en-Val	Blazon: Argent, 2 bends of Sable.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[5]

From	To	Name
1983	2001	Georges Bouges
2001	2008	Bruno Séguy
2008	2010	Lionel Carabosa
2010	2014	Bruno Séguy
2014	2026	André Pech

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arquettois or Arquettoises in French.^[6]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	114	—
1800	143	+3.29%
1806	165	+2.41%
1821	171	+0.24%
1831	178	+0.40%
1836	203	+2.66%
1841	185	−1.84%
1846	208	+2.37%
1851	193	−1.49%
1856	183	−1.06%
1861	179	−0.44%
1866	183	+0.44%
1872	171	−1.12%
1876	184	+1.85%
1881	269	+7.89%
1886	274	+0.37%
1891	236	−2.94%
1896	238	+0.17%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	269	+2.48%
1906	262	−0.53%
1911	234	−2.24%
1921	207	−1.22%
1926	228	+1.95%
1931	207	−1.91%
1936	208	+0.10%
1946	158	−2.71%
1954	211	+3.68%
1962	172	−2.52%
1968	148	−2.47%
1975	114	−3.66%
1982	118	+0.49%
1990	111	−0.76%
1999	96	−1.60%
2007	94	−0.26%
2012	91	−0.65%
2017	79	−2.79%

Source: EHESS^[7] and INSEE^[8]

Religious heritage

The Church contains a Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Bourse de Corporal (17th century) which are registered as an historical object.^[9]

Notable people linked to the commune

Oliver de Termes (1200-1274), Lord of Termes and Arquettes-en-Val.
Émile Pouytès, born at Rieux-Minervois on 1 June 1924, died at Montredon-des-Corbières on 4 March 1976. a winemaker in Arquettes-en-Val who attended a viticultural protest by winegrowers and was killed.^[10] There is a commemoration on the 1st Sunday of March at the Montredon-des-Corbières bridge.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ "La Depeche" Article 24 January 2012 (in French)
^ ^a ^b ^c Google Maps
^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
^ Le nom des habitants du 11 - Aude, habitants.fr
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arquettes-en-Val, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001713 Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Bourse de Corporal (in French)
^ "10,000 in France Attend Funeral Of a Winegrower Killed in Clash", by Flora Lewis, The New York Times, March 7, 1976, p. 2

External links

Arquettes-en-Val on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
Arquettes-en-Val on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
Arquetes on the 1750 Cassini Map

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popref2022-2] "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

[3] "La Depeche" Article 24 January 2012 (in French)

[Google-4] Google Maps

[5] List of Mayors of France (in French)

[6] Le nom des habitants du 11 - Aude, habitants.fr

[ehess-7] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arquettes-en-Val, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-8] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[9] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001713 Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Bourse de Corporal (in French)

[10] "10,000 in France Attend Funeral Of a Winegrower Killed in Clash", by Flora Lewis, The New York Times, March 7, 1976, p. 2

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