Aston, Ariège

Geography

Aston is located some 90 km west of Perpignan and 30 km south of Foix. It is located high in the Pyrenees with its southern border the border between France and Andorra. Access to the commune is solely by a local road from Les Cabannes in the north to the village which lies at the northern tip of the commune. The D522 road from Les Cabannes passes down the eastern border of the commune in a tortuous route which terminates at the Angaka ski resort just east of the commune. Except for a very small area around the village the commune is extremely rugged and heavily forested.

The Aston river rises in the south of the commune and flows north, passing through the village, to join the Ariège at Les Cabannes, gathering a very large number of tributaries from all corners of the commune.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Climate

|Jan record high C = 15.7 |Feb record high C = 16.2 |Mar record high C = 17.4 |Apr record high C = 20.3 |May record high C = 25.5 |Jun record high C = 30.2 |Jul record high C = 30.2 |Aug record high C = 29.6 |Sep record high C = 26.2 |Oct record high C = 23.1 |Nov record high C = 20.5 |Dec record high C = 16.8 |year record high C =

|Jan record low C = -17.9 |Feb record low C = -21.3 |Mar record low C = -21.0 |Apr record low C = -10.5 |May record low C = -7.2 |Jun record low C = -2.5 |Jul record low C = 0.8 |Aug record low C = 0.0 |Sep record low C = -4.0 |Oct record low C = -10.4 |Nov record low C = -14.1 |Dec record low C = -14.8 |year record low C =

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Astonnais or Astonnaises in French.

|1800 |266 |1806 |471 |1821 |466 |1831 |529 |1836 |569 |1841 |570 |1846 |586 |1851 |604 |1856 |510 |1861 |503 |1866 |517 |1872 |502 |1876 |464 |1881 |422 |1886 |414 |1891 |371 |1896 |373 |1901 |334 |1906 |315 |1911 |296 |1921 |246 |1926 |211 |1931 |198 |1936 |181 |1946 |318 |1954 |229 |1962 |215 |1968 |201 |1975 |180 |1982 |321 |1990 |231 |1999 |241 |2007 |236 |2012 |220 |2017 |220

Economy

The commune has two dams for the generation of Hydroelectricity: the Laparan and the Riète. They are operated by Électricité de France.

Sites and monuments

• The Étang de Larnoum

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aston/@42.7249637,1.6845043,13104m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x12af6dff89a69b63:0x6a64e74a39deb60c?hl=en Google Maps]
3. IGN]] {{in lang. fr
4. fr
5. [https://www.habitants.fr/ariege-09 Le nom des habitants du 09 - Ariège], habitants.fr
6. {{Cassini-Ehess. 1557. Aston
7. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-09024#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE