Saurat

Saurat (French pronunciation: [soʁat]) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Saurat
Commune
Saurat seen from above
Coat of arms
Location of Saurat
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Coordinates: 42°52′42″N 1°32′18″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Sabarthès
Intercommunality	Pays de Tarascon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Rouan[1]
Area 1	44.29 km2 (17.10 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	697
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09280 /09400
Elevation	621–1,941 m (2,037–6,368 ft) (avg. 678 m or 2,224 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Inhabitants of Saurat are called Sauratois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	915	—
1968	1,007	+10.1%
1975	812	−19.4%
1982	693	−14.7%
1990	652	−5.9%
1999	601	−7.8%
2008	596	−0.8%

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department