Arquettes-en-Val

Arquettes-en-Val
The Town Hall
Coat of arms
Arquettes-en-Val
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region  Arquettes-en-Val
Coordinates: 43°06′14″N 2°30′11″E / 43.104°N 2.5031°ECoordinates: 43°06′14″N 2°30′11″E / 43.104°N 2.5031°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	Lagrasse
Intercommunality	Carcassonne Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	André Pech
Area^1	9.31 km^2 (3.59 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	95
• Density	10/km^2 (26/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Arquettes-en-Val is a French commune in the Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arquettois or Arquettoises^[1]

The commune is one of the rare ones in France that are free of debt.^[2]

Geography

A Street in Arquettes-en-Val

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.^[3]

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.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[3]

History

Heraldry

Blazon: Argent, 2 bends of Sable.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1983	2001	Georges Bouges
2001	2008	Bruno Séguy
2008	2010	Lionel Carabosa
2010	2014	Bruno Séguy
2014	2020	André Pech

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 95 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
114	143	165	171	178	203	185	208	193

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
183	179	183	171	184	269	274	236	238

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
269	262	234	207	228	207	208	158	211

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
172	148	114	118	111	96	94	95	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

A Wayside Cross in Arquettes-en-Val

Religious heritage

Entrance to the Church

The Church contains a Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Bourse de Corporal (17th century) which are registered as an historical object.^[5]

Notable people linked to the commune

• 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 demonstration and was killed. There is a commemoration on the 1st Sunday of March at the Montredon-des-Corbières bridge.

See also

• Val de Dagne
• Corbières AOC
• Communes of the Aude department

External links

• Arquettes-en-Val on the National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Arquettes-en-Val on Lion1906
• Arquettes-en-Val on Google Maps
• Arquettes-en-Val on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Arquetes on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Arquettes-en-Val on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Aude (French)
2. "La Depeche" Article 24 January 2012 (French)
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM11001713 Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Bourse de Corporal (French)