Arignac

Arignac (French pronunciation: [aʁiɲak]; Occitan: Arnhac) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Arignac
Commune
Gypsum from Arignac
Location of Arignac
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Coordinates: 42°52′19″N 1°36′05″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Sabarthès
Intercommunality	CC Pays Tarascon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Pujol[1]
Area 1	8.84 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	722
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09015 /09400
Elevation	467–1,371 m (1,532–4,498 ft) (avg. 470 m or 1,540 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Arignac is located 2 km north of Tarascon-sur-Ariège and some 11 km south of Foix. Access to the commune is by road D88 from Tarascon-sur-Ariège in the south passing through the village and continuing north-east to join National Highway N20 at Exit 14. The N20 passes through the south-east of the commune but the nearest exit is Exit 14 just east of the commune. The town covers about 10% of the commune with the rest mostly forest and hill country with a few farms in the south.^[3]

The Ariège river forms the south-eastern border of the commune and the Saurat flows south through the commune and the town to join the Ariège.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of successive mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
1900	1919	Louis Philippe
2001	2026	Philippe Pujol

Demography

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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 580 —     1800 508 −1.88% 1806 612 +3.15% 1821 596 −0.18% 1831 789 +2.84% 1836 751 −0.98% 1841 781 +0.79% 1846 813 +0.81% 1851 860 +1.13% 1856 800 −1.44% 1861 818 +0.45% 1866 803 −0.37% 1872 729 −1.60% 1876 780 +1.70% 1881 800 +0.51% 1886 820 +0.50% 1891 778 −1.05% 1896 786 +0.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 712 −1.96% 1906 684 −0.80% 1911 613 −2.17% 1921 509 −1.84% 1926 549 +1.52% 1931 528 −0.78% 1936 506 −0.85% 1946 481 −0.51% 1954 494 +0.33% 1962 464 −0.78% 1968 502 +1.32% 1975 532 +0.83% 1982 683 +3.63% 1990 626 −1.08% 1999 583 −0.79% 2007 694 +2.20% 2012 723 +0.82% 2017 707 −0.45%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Celestine from Arignac

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department