Barbaira

Barbaira is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

See also: Barbaira (river)
Barbaira
Commune
The Church of Saint-Julien
Coat of arms
Location of Barbaira
Barbaira
Barbaira
Coordinates: 43°11′09″N 2°30′46″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementCarcassonne
CantonLa Montagne d'Alaric
IntercommunalityPiémont d'Alaric
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Jacques Fabre
Area
1
9.40 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
750
 • Density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
11027 /11800
Elevation66–502 m (217–1,647 ft)
(avg. 75 m or 246 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 Barbairanais or Barbairanaises.[2]

Geography

Barbaira is located in the Corbières Massif, at the foot of Mount Alaric in the urban area of Carcassonne some 15 km east of the city. Access to the commune is by the D6113 road from Floure in the west which passes through the north of the commune and the village before continuing east to Capendu. The A61 autoroute passes through the centre of the commune from west to east but there is no exit in the commune. The nearest exit is Exit  24  some 7 km to the west of the commune which links to the D6113. A railway passes through commune and the village from west to east but has no station in or near the commune. The commune is farmland in the north with the slopes of the mountain in the south forested.[3]

The Aude river forms the northern border of the commune as it flows east to join the Mediterranean Sea south-west of Valras-Plage. Several streams rise in the south of the commune and flow north to join the Aude including the Ruisseau de la Pelliere. The Ruisseau de Saint-Jean rises in the far south-east of the commune and flows north then east to join the Ruisseau de la Tuilerie.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry
Arms of Barbaira
 The official status of the blazon remains to be determined.

Blazon:
Azure, a chevron of Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1936
FromToName
17921796Pierre Agussol
17961797Laurens Marty
17971798Jean Besiat
17981800Pierre Agussol
18001806François Bel
18061813Noël Bel
18131816Pierre Agussol
18161818Pierre Huillet
18181819Jacques Huillet
18191821Jean Baptiste Dalbès
18211826Jacques Cabrié
18261829Jacques Huillet
18291830Louis Pascal Marty
18301840Antoine Bel
18401846Adrien Bel
18461869Philippe Aybram
18691870Pierre Robert
18701871Alcide Jeantet
18711876Pierre Bel
18761882Alcide Jeantot
18821884Maurice Prouzet
18841888Félix Joucla
18881892Maurice Prouzet
18921900Casimir Rigaud
19001919Auguste Robert
19191936François Sarda
Mayors from 1936
FromToNamePartyPosition
19361944Etienne Daydé
19441953François Viguier
19531965Jean Vibes
19651995Emile Bacquier
19952014Robert Amouroux
20142020Jacques Fabre

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 750 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 318—    
1800 348+1.30%
1806 360+0.57%
1821 383+0.41%
1831 405+0.56%
1836 401−0.20%
1841 379−1.12%
1846 383+0.21%
1851 405+1.12%
1856 468+2.93%
1861 442−1.14%
1866 457+0.67%
1872 488+1.10%
1876 548+2.94%
1881 578+1.07%
1886 623+1.51%
1891 583−1.32%
1896 566−0.59%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 594+0.97%
1906 578−0.54%
1911 583+0.17%
1921 650+1.09%
1926 647−0.09%
1931 695+1.44%
1936 677−0.52%
1946 558−1.91%
1954 561+0.07%
1962 510−1.18%
1968 512+0.07%
1975 503−0.25%
1982 473−0.87%
1990 474+0.03%
1999 523+1.10%
2007 649+2.73%
2012 745+2.80%
2017 750+0.13%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

Economy

Industry

There is a Compressor station for the TIGF natural gas network.[7]

Agriculture

The commune is part of the zone for the qualitative names:

  • Vin de pays des coteaux de Miramont (Vin de Pays from the slopes of Miramont)
  • Vignoble de la Montagne d'Alaric (Vineyards of Mount Alaric) which is part of the Corbières AOC

Culture and heritage
Ruins of the Château of Miramont

Civil heritage
  • The remains of the Chateau of Miramont (Middle Ages) are registered as an historical monument.[8]

Religious heritage
  • The Church of Saint-Julien-Sainte-Basilisse (12th century) is registered as an historical monument.[9] The Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Chabert de Barbeira

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Aude (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. Données Cassini, EHESS
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. TIGF website (in French)
  8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102552 Chateau of Miramont (in French)
  9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102553 IA11000076 Church of Saint-Julien-Sainte-Basilisse(in French)
  10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11000624 Baptismal font (in French)
  11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11000623 Statue: Virgin and child (in French)
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