Arquettes-en-Val | |
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The Town Hall | |
Coordinates: 43°06′14″N 2°30′11″E / 43.104°N 2.5031°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Aude |
Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
Canton | La Montagne d'Alaric |
Intercommunality | Carcassonne Agglo |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | André Pech[1] |
Area 1 | 9.31 km2 (3.59 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 79 |
• Density | 8.5/km2 (22/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 11016 /11220 |
Elevation | 195–561 m (640–1,841 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Arquettes-en-Val (French pronunciation: [aʁkɛt ɑ̃ val] ; Occitan: Arquetas) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
The commune is one of the rare ones in France that are free of debt.[3]
Geography
[edit]Arquettes-sur-Val is located some 16 km south-east of Carcassonne and 4 km south-west of Montlaur. Access to the commune is by the D42 road from Palaja in the north-west passing through the commune and the village and continuing south to Serviès-en-Val. The D114 goes north-east from Serviès-en-Val to form part of the eastern border of the commune before joining the D3. The D714 road connects the D3 east of the commune to the village. The D310 goes south-west from the village to Villetritouls. The commune is rugged and forested in the north-west giving way to farmland in the south-east.[4]
The Ruisseau des Lys rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-east gathering many tributaries. The Ruisseau de Jonquiere rises near the village and flows south-east. The Ruisseau de Lanes rises in the north-west of the commune and also flows south-west gathering many tributaries. All of the streams join the Sou south-west of the commune.[4]
Neighbouring communes and villages
[edit]History
[edit]Heraldry
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Blazon: Argent, 2 bends of Sable.
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Administration
[edit]List of Successive Mayors[5]
From | To | Name |
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1983 | 2001 | Georges Bouges |
2001 | 2008 | Bruno Séguy |
2008 | 2010 | Lionel Carabosa |
2010 | 2014 | Bruno Séguy |
2014 | 2026 | André Pech |
Demography
[edit]The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arquettois or Arquettoises in French.[6]
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Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE[8] |
Religious heritage
[edit]The Church contains a Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Bourse de Corporal (17th century) which are registered as an historical object.[9]
Notable people linked to the commune
[edit]- Oliver de Termes (1200-1274), Lord of Termes and Arquettes-en-Val.
- Émile Pouytès, born at Rieux-Minervois on 1 June 1924, died at Montredon-des-Corbières on 4 March 1976. a winemaker in Arquettes-en-Val who attended a viticultural protest by winegrowers and was killed.[10] There is a commemoration on the 1st Sunday of March at the Montredon-des-Corbières bridge.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "La Depeche" Article 24 January 2012 (in French)
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 11 - Aude, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arquettes-en-Val, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001713 Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Bourse de Corporal (in French)
- ^ "10,000 in France Attend Funeral Of a Winegrower Killed in Clash", by Flora Lewis, The New York Times, March 7, 1976, p. 2
External links
[edit]- Arquettes-en-Val on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
- Arquettes-en-Val on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Arquetes on the 1750 Cassini Map