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Artigat

Commune in Occitanie, France

Summary

Commune in Occitanie, France

FieldValue
nameArtigat
commune statusCommune
arrondissementSaint-Girons
cantonArize-Lèze
INSEE09019
postal code09130
mayorFrançois Vanderstraeten
term2020–2026
intercommunalityCC Arize Lèze
coordinates
elevation m265
elevation min m242
elevation max m434
area km223.9
population
population date
population footnotes

Artigat is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Geography

Artigat is located some 10 km west by north-west of Pamiers and 14 km south-west of Saverdun. Access to the commune is by the D919 road from Le Fossat in the north passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing south to Pailhès. The D278 road comes from the D26 on the western border of the commune and goes east through the village to join the D36 south-west of Saint-Michel. The D27A also branches from the D919 in the north of the commune and goes east to Saint-Martin-d'Oydes. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of Bajou in the north, and Les Lanes east of the village. The commune has extensive forests covering about 40% of the land area with the rest farmland.

The Lèze River flows through the commune from south to north gathering several tributaries including the Ruisseau de Laurens with its many tributaries.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

Until the French Revolution, the Parish of Artigat (with Bajou), as with those of Pailhès, Lanoux, Castéras, Gabre, Aigues-Juntes, Montégut-Plantaurel, Cazeaux, Artix, Saint-Bauzeil, Benagues, Saint-Victor-Rouzaud, Madière, Saint-Michel, Lescousse, Saint-Martin-d'Oydes, and Esplas formed an enclave of Languedoc. They all depended on the Episcopal Diocese of Rieux and the civil diocese of Toulouse while neighbouring communes were part of the County of Foix. See the Cassini Map.

The Parish of Artigat (shown as Arugat on the Cassini Map) was certainly the most important parish of this Languedoc enclave. The famous case of Martin Guerre took place in Artigat.

There was a flood in the autumn of 2006 in Artigat whereupon a moat was built in the village.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

FromToName
19952014Patrick Cauhope
20142026François Vanderstraeten

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artigatois or Artigatoises in French.

|1793 |932 |1800 |909 |1806 |980 |1821 |1027 |1831 |1204 |1836 |1218 |1841 |1218 |1846 |1248 |1851 |1239 |1856 |1258 |1861 |1300 |1866 |1277 |1872 |1281 |1876 |1227 |1881 |1112 |1886 |1023 |1891 |1055 |1896 |1006 |1901 |962 |1906 |930 |1911 |904 |1921 |813 |1926 |822 |1931 |792 |1936 |701 |1946 |665 |1954 |626 |1962 |518 |1968 |470 |1975 |460 |1982 |367 |1990 |416 |1999 |516 |2007 |522 |2012 |578 |2017 |564

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Martin Guerre (c. 1524), Subject of a famous imposture affair which took place in Artigat in the 16th century.
  • Claude Bergeaud (1960-), French basketball trainer was born in Artigat.

References

References

  1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
  2. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Artigat/@43.1391674,1.4478237,6689m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x12af20ca050a36fb:0x406f69c2f436280?hl=en Google Maps]
  3. fr
  4. fr
  5. [https://www.habitants.fr/ariege-09 Le nom des habitants du 09 - Ariège], habitants.fr
  6. {{Cassini-Ehess. 1429. Artigat
  7. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-09019#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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