Orsans, Aude

Orsans is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Orsans
Coat of arms
Location of Orsans
Orsans
Orsans
Coordinates: 43°09′44″N 1°58′59″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementCarcassonne
CantonLa Piège au Razès
IntercommunalityPiège et Lauragais
Government
  Mayor (2008–2014) Jean Bonnafil
Area
1
9.94 km2 (3.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
104
  Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
11268 /11270
Elevation304–400 m (997–1,312 ft)
(avg. 355 m or 1,165 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orsans is a small hamlet in the south of France, it used to be an important village with a school and many farming supplies, but now is just a small farming community. There is a medieval church and there used to be a large windmill on the hill, which is now gone; however, the storage house (which was also a cowshed for a while) remains, now converted into a house. There is a statue in the square which celebrates the ceased or injured form Orsans in World War I. A small stream runs through the hills that are used for farming. On top of the largest hill in or sans there is a large old water tower, that is surrounded by cows.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962134    
1968141+5.2%
197593−34.0%
198293+0.0%
199076−18.3%
1999101+32.9%
200890−10.9%

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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