Country France Department Ariège Intercommunality Castillonnais Area 6.02 km² Population 57 (1999) | Region Occitanie Canton Castillon-en-Couserans Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Wednesday 10:43 AM Arrondissement Saint-Girons | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 49% Humidity | ||
Aucazein is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
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Map of 09800 Aucazein, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aucazénois.
Geography
Aucazein is located in the Ariège Natural Regional Park some 40 km south-east of Saint-Gaudens in a direct line and 20 km west by south-west of Saint-Girons at an altitude of 570 metres. Access to the commune is by road D 618 from Orgibet in the west which passes through the north of the commune and the village and continues east to Argein. Most of the land area of the commune is rugged and forested however the valley where the village is located has some farmland.
The Bouigane river flows east along the valley and through the village on its way to join the Lez at Audressein. The Ruisseau de Cassech forms the western border of the commune as it flows north to join the Bouigane. Similarly La Rivière forms the eastern border of the commune and also joins the Bouigane. The Ruisseau de Recoule flows from the north and passes through the commune for a short distance before joining the Bouigane.
History
The commune is located on the Way of St. James which crosses Ariège. The Knights Templar built a Romanesque chapel in the commune.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 64 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)
Sites and monuments
The commune has one site that is registered as a historical monument:
The commune has some other sites of interest: