Auriac, Aude

Auriac
Auriac
Commune
	The road into Auriac
	Coat of arms
	Location of Auriac
	Auriac Auriac
	Coordinates: 42°55′56″N 2°29′34″E / 42.9322°N 2.4928°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Les Corbières
Intercommunality	CC Région Lézignanaise Corbières Minervois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Sutra
Area 1	20.93 km2 (8.08 sq mi)
Population (2022)	33
• Density	1.6/km2 (4.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11020 /11330
Elevation	356–907 m (1,168–2,976 ft) ; (avg. 568 m or 1,864 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auriac (French pronunciation: [oʁjak] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Geography

The commune is located in the Corbières Massif some 35 km south-east of Limoux and 15 km east of Arques. Access to the commune is by the D212 road which branches from the D613 west of Mouthoumet and goes south through the commune by a tortuous route then continues south to join the D10 north-east of Soulatgé. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Savugnan in the south-west and La Grave north of the village. The whole of the commune is rugged and heavily forested.^[3]

Many streams rise all over the commune and flow northwards to join the Orbieu which flows through the commune from south-west to north to eventually join the Aude near Raissac-d'Aude.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Auriac	The official status of the blazon remains to be determined. Blazon: Argent, a fesse fusilly of Azure and Argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2014	Yvette Fabre
2014	2020	Jean Simon
2020	2026	Bernard Sutra

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auriacois or Auriacoises in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	240	—
1800	240	+0.00%
1806	229	−0.78%
1821	271	+1.13%
1831	277	+0.22%
1836	239	−2.91%
1841	249	+0.82%
1846	209	−3.44%
1851	244	+3.15%
1856	259	+1.20%
1861	247	−0.94%
1866	224	−1.94%
1872	216	−0.60%
1876	214	−0.23%
1881	216	+0.19%
1886	253	+3.21%
1891	177	−6.90%
1896	182	+0.56%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	149	−3.92%
1906	161	+1.56%
1911	146	−1.94%
1921	103	−3.43%
1926	103	+0.00%
1931	118	+2.76%
1936	114	−0.69%
1946	79	−3.60%
1954	78	−0.16%
1962	73	−0.82%
1968	37	−10.71%
1975	28	−3.90%
1982	25	−1.61%
1990	29	+1.87%
1999	35	+2.11%
2007	39	+1.36%
2012	33	−3.29%
2017	43	+5.44%

Source: EHESS^[6] and INSEE^[7]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:

The Ruins of a Chateau (11th century)^[8]

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

The Chapel of Saint-André (12th century)^[9] The Church contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
- A Cope and Chasuble (18th century)^[10]

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.
^ ^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 Auriac, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102545 Ruins of a Chateau (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102544 Chapel of Saint-André (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002132 Cope and Chasuble (in French)

External links

Auriac on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
Auriac 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.

[Google-3] Google Maps

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

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

[ehess-6] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Auriac, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-7] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[8] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102545 Ruins of a Chateau (in French)

[9] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102544 Chapel of Saint-André (in French)

[10] Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11002132 Cope and Chasuble (in French)

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