Barjac, Ariège

For other places with the same name, see Barjac.

Barjac (French pronunciation: [baʁʒak]) is a commune in the Ariège department, Occitania, southwestern France.^[3]

Barjac
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Barjac
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Coordinates: 43°04′00″N 1°08′06″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Portes du Couserans
Intercommunality	Couserans-Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Artaud[1]
Area 1	2.78 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	43
• Density	15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09037 /09230
Elevation	404–603 m (1,325–1,978 ft) (avg. 466 m or 1,529 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 Barjacois or Barjacoises .^[4]

Geography

Barjac is located in the old Volvestre region of Languedoc some 10 km north of Saint-Girons and 60 km south by south-west of Toulouse. Access to the commune is by route D303A which branches off the D3 west of the commune and passes through the commune east then south to join the D303 to La Crouzette south-east of the commune. It is a part of the Natural Regional Park of Pyrénées ariégeoises. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.^[5][6]

The Grande Goutte stream forms the western border of the commune as it flows north to join Le Lens river north of the commune. Le Macaoude stream similarly forms the eastern border as it flows north to join Le Lens just north of the commune.

History

Barzac appears as Barzac on the 1750 Cassini Map^[7] and the same on the 1790 version.^[8]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 42 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 248 —     1800 249 +0.06% 1806 305 +3.44% 1821 247 −1.40% 1831 301 +2.00% 1836 289 −0.81% 1841 311 +1.48% 1846 288 −1.52% 1851 311 +1.55% 1856 244 −4.74% 1861 303 +4.43% 1866 310 +0.46% 1872 194 −7.51% 1876 187 −0.91% 1881 178 −0.98% 1886 166 −1.39% 1891 157 −1.11% 1896 134 −3.12%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 118 −2.51% 1906 110 −1.39% 1911 127 +2.92% 1921 100 −2.36% 1926 91 −1.87% 1931 78 −3.04% 1936 76 −0.52% 1946 51 −3.91% 1954 34 −4.94% 1962 34 +0.00% 1968 30 −2.06% 1975 26 −2.02% 1982 29 +1.57% 1990 29 +0.00% 1999 42 +4.20% 2007 39 −0.92% 2012 36 −1.59% 2017 42 +3.13%
Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE[10]

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department