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Commune in Occitanie, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orsans is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
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Orsans | |
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Coordinates: 43°09′44″N 1°58′59″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Aude |
Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
Canton | La Piège au Razès |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean Bonnafil[1] |
Area 1 | 9.94 km2 (3.84 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 107 |
• Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 11268 /11270 |
Elevation | 304–400 m (997–1,312 ft) (avg. 355 m or 1,165 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Orsans is a small hamlet in the south of France, it used to be an important village with a school and many farming supplies, but now is just a small farming community. There is a medieval church and there used to be a large windmill on the hill, which is now gone; however, the storage house (which was also a cowshed for a while) remains, now converted into a house. There is a statue in the square which celebrates the ceased or injured form Orsans in World War I. A small stream runs through the hills that are used for farming. On top of the largest hill in or sans there is a large old water tower, that is surrounded by cows.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 134 | — |
1968 | 141 | +5.2% |
1975 | 93 | −34.0% |
1982 | 93 | +0.0% |
1990 | 76 | −18.3% |
1999 | 101 | +32.9% |
2008 | 90 | −10.9% |
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