Artigat

Artigat
Artigat
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Artigat
Coordinates: 43°08′12″N 1°26′26″E / 43.1367°N 1.4406°ECoordinates: 43°08′12″N 1°26′26″E / 43.1367°N 1.4406°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Fossat
Intercommunality	Vallée de la Lèze
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	François Vanderstraeten
Area^1	23.9 km^2 (9.2 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	566
• Density	24/km^2 (61/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	09019 / 09130
Elevation	242–434 m (794–1,424 ft) (avg. 265 m or 869 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.

Artigat is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artigatois or Artigatoises^[1]

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.^[2]

The Lèze River flows through the commune from south to north gathering several tributaries including the Ruisseau de Laurens with its many tributaries.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

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.^[3]

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 moat were built in the village.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1995	2014	Patrick Cauhope
2014	2020	François Vanderstraeten

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 566 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
932	909	980	1,027	1,204	1,218	1,218	1,248	1,239

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
1,258	1,300	1,277	1,281	1,227	1,112	1,023	1,055	1,006

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
962	930	904	813	822	792	701	665	626

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
518	470	460	367	416	516	524	566	-

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

Notable people linked to the commune

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

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department
• Artigat on the National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Artigat 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 Ariège (French)
2. Google Maps
3. Cassini Map - Arugat (French)
4. List of Mayors of France (French)