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Barjac, Ariège

Coordinates: 43°04′00″N 1°08′06″E / 43.0667°N 1.135°E / 43.0667; 1.135
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Barjac
Coat of arms of Barjac
Location of Barjac
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Barjac is located in France
Barjac
Barjac
Barjac is located in Occitanie
Barjac
Barjac
Coordinates: 43°04′00″N 1°08′06″E / 43.0667°N 1.135°E / 43.0667; 1.135
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementSaint-Girons
CantonPortes du Couserans
IntercommunalityCouserans-Pyrénées
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Daniel Artaud[1]
Area
1
2.78 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
43
 • Density15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09037 /09230
Elevation404–603 m (1,325–1,978 ft)
(avg. 466 m or 1,529 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barjac (French pronunciation: [baʁʒak]) is a commune in the Ariège department, Occitania, southwestern France.[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barjacois or Barjacoises .[4]

Geography

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Barjac is located in the old Volvestre region of Languedoc some 10 km north of Saint-Girons and 60 km south by south-west of Toulouse. Access to the commune is by route D303A which branches off the D3 west of the commune and passes through the commune east then south to join the D303 to La Crouzette south-east of the commune. It is a part of the Natural Regional Park of Pyrénées ariégeoises. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[5][6]

The Grande Goutte stream forms the western border of the commune as it flows north to join Le Lens river north of the commune. Le Macaoude stream similarly forms the eastern border as it flows north to join Le Lens just north of the commune.

History

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Barzac appears as Barzac on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and the same on the 1790 version.[8]

Demography

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In 2017 the commune had 42 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 248—    
1800 249+0.06%
1806 305+3.44%
1821 247−1.40%
1831 301+2.00%
1836 289−0.81%
1841 311+1.48%
1846 288−1.52%
1851 311+1.55%
1856 244−4.74%
1861 303+4.43%
1866 310+0.46%
1872 194−7.51%
1876 187−0.91%
1881 178−0.98%
1886 166−1.39%
1891 157−1.11%
1896 134−3.12%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 118−2.51%
1906 110−1.39%
1911 127+2.92%
1921 100−2.36%
1926 91−1.87%
1931 78−3.04%
1936 76−0.52%
1946 51−3.91%
1954 34−4.94%
1962 34+0.00%
1968 30−2.06%
1975 26−2.02%
1982 29+1.57%
1990 29+0.00%
1999 42+4.20%
2007 39−0.92%
2012 36−1.59%
2017 42+3.13%
Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Inhabitants of Ariège (in French)
  5. ^ a b Barjac on Google Maps
  6. ^ Barjac on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. ^ Barjac on the 1750 Cassini Map
  8. ^ Barjac on the 1790 Cassini Map
  9. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barjac, EHESS (in French).
  10. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE