Artigues, Ariège

Artigues (French pronunciation: [aʁtiɡ] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Artigas) is a commune in the Ariège department, region of Occitania, southwestern France.

Artigues
Commune
A street in Artigues
Location of Artigues
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Coordinates: 42°43′07″N 2°04′11″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Haute-Ariège
Intercommunality	CC Haute-Ariège
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Annouilles[1]
Area 1	12.43 km2 (4.80 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	32
• Density	2.6/km2 (6.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09020 /09460
Elevation	990–2,547 m (3,248–8,356 ft) (avg. 1,100 m or 3,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Artigues is a remote mountain commune some 25 km south by south-west of Quillan and 20 km east of Ax-les-Thermes in a direct line. The D16 road from Rouze to Le Pla passes through the north-eastern corner of the commune but has no access to the commune. Access to the village is by a small mountain road, Laoutre, from Mijanès in the north-west. The commune is extremely rugged and heavily forested with alpine vegetation below the snow line. There is some farming activity near the village.^[3]

The Noubais Dam

The Ruisseau de Boutadieu forms the south-eastern border of the commune and flows north to join the Ruisseau d'Artigues which forms the rest of the eastern border as it flows north to join the Quérigut River just north of the commune. The Ruisseau de Laurenti rises in the south of the commune and flows north into the Étang de Laurenti in the south-centre of the commune. From there it continues east to join the Ruisseau de Boutadieu. The Ruisseau de Fournet rises in the centre of the commune and flows north to join the Bruyante west of the commune. The Barrage de Noubais is on the northern border of the commune and the stream flowing out of it forms the northern border as it flows north-east to join the Quérigut.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Édouard Macou
2008	2026	Jean-Luc Annouilles

Demography

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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 234 —     1800 127 −8.36% 1806 277 +13.88% 1821 287 +0.24% 1831 307 +0.68% 1836 313 +0.39% 1841 337 +1.49% 1846 319 −1.09% 1851 352 +1.99% 1856 320 −1.89% 1861 350 +1.81% 1866 351 +0.06% 1872 376 +1.15% 1876 358 −1.22% 1881 322 −2.10% 1886 324 +0.12% 1891 306 −1.14% 1896 260 −3.21%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 218 −3.46% 1906 208 −0.93% 1911 184 −2.42% 1921 159 −1.45% 1926 139 −2.65% 1931 125 −2.10% 1936 105 −3.43% 1946 102 −0.29% 1954 101 −0.12% 1962 67 −5.00% 1968 60 −1.82% 1975 50 −2.57% 1982 29 −7.49% 1990 21 −3.95% 1999 38 +6.81% 2007 69 +7.74% 2012 48 −7.00% 2017 56 +3.13%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Artigues Town Hall

The Lavoir (Public Laundry)

Artigues War Memorial

Sites and monuments

Artigues Church

In the Parish Church are several objects which are registered as historical objects:

• 2 Statues: Saint Just and Saint Pasteur (18th century)^[8]
• A Chalice (17th century)^[9]
• 6 Candlesticks (17th century)^[10]
• A Chandelier (18th century)^[11]

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department