Artigat

Artigat is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Artigat
Commune
Location of Artigat
Artigat
Artigat
Coordinates: 43°08′12″N 1°26′26″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementSaint-Girons
CantonArize-Lèze
IntercommunalityCC Arize Lèze
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) François Vanderstraeten
Area
1
23.9 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
564
 • Density24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09019 /09130
Elevation242–434 m (794–1,424 ft)
(avg. 265 m or 869 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 Artigatois or Artigatoises[2]

Geography

Artigat is located some 10 km west by north-west of Pamiers and 14 km south-west of Saverdun. Access to the commune is by the D919 road from Le Fossat in the north passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing south to Pailhès. The D278 road comes from the D26 on the western border of the commune and goes east through the village to join the D36 south-west of Saint-Michel. The D27A also branches from the D919 in the north of the commune and goes east to Saint-Martin-d'Oydes. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of Bajou in the north, and Les Lanes east of the village. The commune has extensive forests covering about 40% of the land area with the rest farmland.[3]

The Lèze River flows through the commune from south to north gathering several tributaries including the Ruisseau de Laurens with its many tributaries.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

Until the French Revolution, the Parish of Artigat (with Bajou), as with those of Pailhès, Lanoux, Castéras, Gabre, Aigues-Juntes, Montégut-Plantaurel, Cazeaux, Artix, Saint-Bauzeil, Benagues, Saint-Victor-Rouzaud, Madière, Saint-Michel, Lescousse, Saint-Martin-d'Oydes, and Esplas formed an enclave of Languedoc. They all depended on the Episcopal Diocese of Rieux and the civil diocese of Toulouse while neighbouring communes were part of the County of Foix. See the Cassini Map.[4]

The Parish of Artigat (shown as Arugat on the Cassini Map) was certainly the most important parish of this Languedoc enclave. The famous case of Martin Guerre took place in Artigat.

There was a flood in the autumn of 2006 in Artigat whereupon moat were built in the village.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19952014Patrick Cauhope
20142020François Vanderstraeten

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 564 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 932—    
1800 909−0.36%
1806 980+1.26%
1821 1,027+0.31%
1831 1,204+1.60%
1836 1,218+0.23%
1841 1,218+0.00%
1846 1,248+0.49%
1851 1,239−0.14%
1856 1,258+0.30%
1861 1,300+0.66%
1866 1,277−0.36%
1872 1,281+0.05%
1876 1,227−1.07%
1881 1,112−1.95%
1886 1,023−1.65%
1891 1,055+0.62%
1896 1,006−0.95%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 962−0.89%
1906 930−0.67%
1911 904−0.57%
1921 813−1.06%
1926 822+0.22%
1931 792−0.74%
1936 701−2.41%
1946 665−0.53%
1954 626−0.75%
1962 518−2.34%
1968 470−1.61%
1975 460−0.31%
1982 367−3.18%
1990 416+1.58%
1999 516+2.42%
2007 522+0.14%
2012 578+2.06%
2017 564−0.49%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Martin Guerre (famous affair of the 16th century which took place in Artigat).
  • Claude Bergeaud (1960-), French basketball trainer was born in Artigat.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Ariège (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Cassini Map - Arugat (in French)
  5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Artigat, EHESS. (in French)
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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