Artix, Ariège

Artix
The road into Artix
Artix
Location within Occitanie region  Artix
Coordinates: 43°04′09″N 1°33′59″E / 43.0692°N 1.5664°ECoordinates: 43°04′09″N 1°33′59″E / 43.0692°N 1.5664°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Varilhes
Intercommunality	Canton de Varilhes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	André Eychenne
Area^1	7.35 km^2 (2.84 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	118
• Density	16/km^2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	09021 / 09120
Elevation	337–701 m (1,106–2,300 ft) (avg. 490 m or 1,610 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Artix is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Articois or Articoises.^[1]

Geography

Artix is located some 7 km south-west of Pamiers and 4 km south of Saint-Victor-Rouzaud. Access to the commune is by the D13 road from Saint-Victor-Rouzaud in the north and passing through from the northern to the eastern edge of the commune continuing to Rieux-de-Pelleport in the south-east. Access to the village is by the Souleille de Touron country road branching off the D13 and going west to the village and continuing west to join the D431. There is the hamlet of Le Prieu on the northern border of the commune. The commune is mixed farmland and forest.^[2]

The Ruisseau de Babots rises in the north of the commune and flows north to join the Estrique. The Ruisseau de Grave forms the western border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the Estrique. The Ruisseau d'Artix rises in the south of the commune and flows north-east gathering tributaries continuing east to join the Ariège near Rieux-de-Pelleport.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

History

The village of Artix seems to be old as it was apparently present in 960 in the will of the Bishop of Toulouse (Hugues). The French Wars of Religion ravaged the commune: in 1562 the Protestants pillaged crops. The church was also destroyed. Finally in 1621 the Baron of Léran plundered the Chateau of Artix.

Administration

General View of Artix

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	André Eychenne

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 118 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.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
155	154	194	212	226	240	249	212	238

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
205	215	195	204	176	187	170	148	159

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
164	154	147	124	128	102	108	93	91

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
71	60	53	72	70	91	95	118	-

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

Artix War Memorial

Artix Church

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

External links

• Artix on the National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Artix, Ariège on Lion1906
• Artix on Google Maps
• Artix on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Artix on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Artix on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Ariège (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)