Country France Department Aude Intercommunality Carcassonne Agglo Area 9.31 km² Population 96 (1999) | Region Occitanie Canton Lagrasse Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Wednesday 11:53 PM Arrondissement Carcassonne | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 81% Humidity | ||
Arquettes-en-Val is a French commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
Contents
- Map of 11220 Arquettes en Val France
- Geography
- Administration
- Demography
- Religious heritage
- Notable people linked to the commune
- References
Map of 11220 Arquettes-en-Val, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arquettois or Arquettoises
The commune is one of the rare ones in France that are free of debt.
Geography
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.
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.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(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.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
Religious heritage
The Church contains a Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Bourse de Corporal (17th century) which are registered as an historical object.