Country France Department Ariège Intercommunality Vallées d'Ax Area 153.8 km² Arrondissement Foix | Region Occitanie Canton Cabannes Population (2010) 218 Local time Monday 9:21 PM | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind S at 5 km/h, 78% Humidity Points of interest Plateau de Beille, Pic de Rulhe, Pic de Thoumasset, Port de Fontargente | ||
Aston is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
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Map of 09220 Aston, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Astonnais or Astonnaises.
Geography
Aston is located some 90 km west of Perpignan and 30 km south of Foix. It is located high in the Pyrenees with its southern border the border between France and Andorra. Access to the commune is solely by a local road from Les Cabannes in the north to the village which lies at the northern tip of the commune. The D522 road from Les Cabannes passes down the eastern border of the commune in a tortuous route which terminates at the Angaka ski resort just east of the commune. Except for a very small area around the village the commune is extremely rugged and heavily forested.
The Aston river rises in the south of the commune and flows north, passing through the village, to join the Ariège at Les Cabannes, gathering a very large number of tributaries from all corners of the commune.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 218 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)
Economy
The commune has two dams for the generation of Hydroelectricity: the Laparan and the Riète. They are operated by Électricité de France.