Saint-Arnac

Saint-Arnac
Sent Arnac

The village with the Corbières mountains in the background

Coat of arms
Saint-Arnac

Coordinates: 42°46′51″N 2°31′48″E / 42.7808°N 2.53°E / 42.7808; 2.53Coordinates: 42°46′51″N 2°31′48″E / 42.7808°N 2.53°E / 42.7808; 2.53
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet
Intercommunality Agly Fenouillèdes
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Guy Calvet
Area1 6.60 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Population (2007)2 120
 • Density 18/km2 (47/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 66169 / 66220
Elevation 212–583 m (696–1,913 ft)
(avg. 306 m or 1,004 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.

Saint-Arnac (Occitan: Çantarnac) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Saint-Arnac is in the canton of Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Saint-Arnac and its surrounding communes

Toponymy

Attested forms

The name of Saint-Arnac appears in 899 as villare Centernacho, followed by Centernacum in the 12th century. But already in 1137, Ermengaud de So gives the name Sent Ernach, which later becomes Sant Arnach or Sanctum Arnachum, and then Saint-Arnac or Saint-Arnach in French.[1] · [2]

Etymology

The original name, Centernach, is probably that of a landowner, followed by the suffix -acum, which may be either :[2]

The mistake made in the 12th century by homonymy is a reference to a supposed saint Arnach, who never existed, although Arnac used to be a common german name at the time (from arn, eagle, followed by -acum).[2]

Population

Population 1962-2008

See also

References

  1. ↑ (French) Jean Sagnes (dir.), Le pays catalan, t. 2, Pau, Société nouvelle d'éditions régionales, 1985
  2. 1 2 3 (French) Lluís Basseda, Toponymie historique de Catalunya Nord, t. 1, Prades, Revista Terra Nostra, 1990
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