Aulos, Ariège

Aulos
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Aulos
Location within Occitanie region  Aulos
Coordinates: 42°47′36″N 1°40′33″E / 42.7933°N 1.6758°ECoordinates: 42°47′36″N 1°40′33″E / 42.7933°N 1.6758°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Cabannes
Intercommunality	Vallées d'Ax
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Jean-Yves Cencigh
Area^1	1.04 km^2 (0.40 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	55
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	09028 / 09310
Elevation	513–968 m (1,683–3,176 ft) (avg. 612 m or 2,008 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.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aulosois or Aulosoises.^[1]

Geography

Aulos is located some 12 km south-east of Tarascon-sur-Ariège and 22 km north-west of Ax-les-Thermes. Access to the commune is by Route nationale 20 from Sinsat in the north-west passing through the north of the commune and continuing south-east to Luzenac. Access to the village is by the D522 road which branches off the N20 in the commune and goes south-east through the village continuing to Les Cabannes. A railway line passes through the commune with the nearest station at Les Cabannes. Most of the commune is heavily forested with a strip of farmland along the N20 and the D522.^[2]

The Ariège river forms the whole eastern border of the commune with no tributaries passing through the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	Jean-Yves Cencigh

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 55 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
-	77	113	101	100	113	118	122	127

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
119	110	104	95	92	88	98	111	104

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
105	102	91	89	79	65	76	73	80

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
71	91	81	60	38	60	58	55	-

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

Aulos Town Hall

Aulos Lavoir (Public Laundry)

An Oratory in Aulos

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

External links

• Aulos on the old IGN website (French)
• Aulos on Lion1906
• Aulos on Google Maps
• Aulos on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Aulos on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Aulos 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)