Laurac

Laurac
Coat of arms
Laurac
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region  Laurac
Coordinates: 43°14′00″N 1°59′00″E / 43.2333°N 1.9833°ECoordinates: 43°14′00″N 1°59′00″E / 43.2333°N 1.9833°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	Fanjeaux
Intercommunality	Piège et Lauragais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Serge Grilleres
Area^1	1.158 km^2 (0.447 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	167
• Density	140/km^2 (370/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	11196 / 11270
Elevation	196–413 m (643–1,355 ft) (avg. 410 m or 1,350 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.

Laurac (Occitan: Laurac) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	585	—
1800	522	−10.8%
1806	622	+19.2%
1821	511	−17.8%
1831	583	+14.1%
1836	591	+1.4%
1841	604	+2.2%
1846	603	−0.2%
1851	732	+21.4%
1856	570	−22.1%
1861	540	−5.3%
1866	495	−8.3%
1872	473	−4.4%
1876	459	−3.0%
1881	456	−0.7%
1886	483	+5.9%
1891	466	−3.5%
1896	442	−5.2%
1901	414	−6.3%
1906	389	−6.0%
1911	375	−3.6%
1921	296	−21.1%
1926	300	+1.4%
1931	284	−5.3%
1936	275	−3.2%
1946	260	−5.5%
1954	225	−13.5%
1962	183	−18.7%
1968	153	−16.4%
1975	123	−19.6%
1982	118	−4.1%
1990	140	+18.6%
1999	124	−11.4%
2008	167	+34.7%

See also

• Communes of the Aude department
• List of medieval bridges in France

References

• INSEE