Arzens

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Country France Department Aude Intercommunality Malepère Area 21.11 km² Arrondissement Carcassonne		Region Occitanie Canton Montréal, Aude Population (2010) 1,148 Local time Saturday 11:57 PM

Weather 3°C, Wind S at 5 km/h, 75% Humidity

Conques arzens le 30 octobre 2016

Arzens is a French commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Map of 11290 Arzens, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arzenais or Arzenaises.

1942 paul arzens l uf lectrique

Geography

Arzens is located in the urban area of Carcassonne some 11 km west of the city. Access to the commune is by road D119 from Carcassonne passing west through the north of the commune and continuing to Montréal. Access to the town is by road D38 from Sainte-Eulalie in the north to the town, by road D35 from Villesèquelande in the north-east, and by road D211 from Lavalette in the east which continues to join the D119 in the commune. The D43 road from Montreal in the west to Montclar in the south-east passes through the south of the commune. Road D911 goes south from the town to join the D43 in the commune. The A61 autoroute (European route E80) (Autoroute des Deux Mers) passes through the north of the commune but has no exit with the nearest being Exit 22 at Bram in the west or Exit 23 for Carcassonne west to the east. The south of the commune is mostly forest with the rest of the commune farmland and residential area around the town.

Numerous streams rise in the commune and flow north to join the Canal du Midi which passes east-west north of the commune. From west to east there are the Ruisseau de Saint-Pietre, the Ruisseau de la Mialauque, the Ruisseau de Falga, the Ruisseau d'Aribaud, the Ruisseau de Fontasse, and the Ruisseau du Saut which forms much of the eastern border of the commune.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Twinning

Arzens has twinning associations with:

Hattenheim (Germany) since 1963.

Fontanile (Italy) since 1980.

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 1,148 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.

Population Change (See database)

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

Civil heritage

Arzens have several structures that are registered as historical monuments. These are:

Chateau (15th century)

War Memorial at the Promenade (First World War)

Fountain of the Republic in the Place de la Mairie (19th century)

Religious heritage

Several structures and objects have been registered as historical monuments. These are:

Monumental Cross (1649)

Monument to Saint Dominique

Church of Saint-Genès (13th century) The church contains many objects registered as historical objects. These are:

Altar cross (17th century)

Reliquary-Monstrance of Saint Roch (18th century)

Bronze Bell (16th century)

Incense holder and Thurible (19th century)

Casket for holy oil (18th century)

Ciborium (18th century)

Chalice with Paten (18th century)

Arzens is a stage on the Way of St. James.

Notable people linked to the commune

Jean-François de la Rocque de Roberval, Lord of Arzens (close to François I, friend of François Rabelais, head of the last expedition by Jacques Cartier to Québec)

Achille Laugé, born at Arzens in 1861, died at Cailhau in 1944, pointilist painter, friend of Aristide Maillol