Aston, Ariège

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

Aston
Commune
View of the Étang de Larnoum one of many Étangs in the commune
Location of Aston
Aston
Aston
Coordinates: 42°46′32″N 1°40′27″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementFoix
CantonHaute-Ariège
IntercommunalityCC Haute Ariège
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Jean Lassalle
Area
1
153.8 km2 (59.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
220
 • Density1.4/km2 (3.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09024 /09310
Elevation554–2,912 m (1,818–9,554 ft)
(avg. 560 m or 1,840 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 Astonnais or Astonnaises.[2]

Geography

Aston is located some 90 km west of Perpignan and 30 km south of Foix. It is located high in the Pyrenees with its southern border the border between France and Andorra. Access to the commune is solely by a local road from Les Cabannes in the north to the village which lies at the northern tip of the commune. The D522 road from Les Cabannes passes down the eastern border of the commune in a tortuous route which terminates at the Angaka ski resort just east of the commune. Except for a very small area around the village the commune is extremely rugged and heavily forested.[3]

The Aston river rises in the south of the commune and flows north, passing through the village, to join the Ariège at Les Cabannes, gathering a very large number of tributaries from all corners of the commune.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012020Jean Lasalle

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 220 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1800 266—    
1806 471+9.99%
1821 466−0.07%
1831 529+1.28%
1836 569+1.47%
1841 570+0.04%
1846 586+0.56%
1851 604+0.61%
1856 510−3.33%
1861 503−0.28%
1866 517+0.55%
1872 502−0.49%
1876 464−1.95%
1881 422−1.88%
1886 414−0.38%
1891 371−2.17%
1896 373+0.11%
1901 334−2.18%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 315−1.16%
1911 296−1.24%
1921 246−1.83%
1926 211−3.02%
1931 198−1.26%
1936 181−1.78%
1946 318+5.80%
1954 229−4.02%
1962 215−0.79%
1968 201−1.12%
1975 180−1.56%
1982 321+8.62%
1990 231−4.03%
1999 241+0.47%
2007 236−0.26%
2012 220−1.39%
2017 220+0.00%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Economy

The commune has two dams for the generation of Hydroelectricity: the Laparan and the Riète. They are operated by Électricité de France.

The Étang de Larnoum in autumn

Sites and monuments
  • The Étang de Larnoum

See also

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