Airoux

Airoux
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Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	Castelnaudary-Nord
Intercommunality	Castelnaudary Lauraguais Audois
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Cédric Malrieu
Area1	5.49 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Population (2011)2	138
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	11002 / 11320
Elevation	165–251 m (541–823 ft); (avg. 192 m or 630 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.

Airoux (Occitan: Airós) is a French commune in the Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Airouxois or Airouxoises^[1]

Geography

Airoux is within the urban area of Castelnaudary situated in the Lauragais on the Rigole de la plaine. It is located some 5 km north-west of Castelnaudary and 15 km south-east of Villefranche-de-Lauragais. It can be accessed on road D217 from Labastide-d'Anjou in the south through the village and continuing north-east to Soupex. There is also the D1 road from Montmaur in the northwest which also passes through the village and continues south-east to Ricaud. The commune consists entirely of farmland with no other villages or hamlets.^[2]

Numerous streams cover the entire commune with the Rigole of the Canal du Midi passing through the northern part of the commune and forming part of the northern border. An unnamed watercourse forms the whole western border between the Rigole and the Fresquel river which forms the southern border of the commune. Numerous other unnamed streams and watercourses flow to the Fresquel from the commune to the south, south-east, and east.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Heraldry

	Blazon: Azur with three pales argent in chief the same.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Airoux^[3]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1935

From	To	Name
1751	1754	Jacques Melix
1754	1766	Antoine Blou
1766	1772	Jacques Gacher
1772	1784	Pierre Briane
1784	1790	Charles Pontnau
1790	1792	Antoine Biou
1793	1795	M. Bourdil
1795	1799	Jean Mazieres
1799	1808	Jean Pontnau
1808	1814	Jean Raymond Milhes
1823	1830	Barthélémy Bessiere
1830	1831	Emmanuel Denat
1831	1840	Jean Raymond Monier
1840	1846	Emmanuel Denat
1846	1848	Jacques Blou
1848	1852	Jean Pierre Milhes
1852	1870	Jacques Milhes
1870	1871	Jean Pierre Milhes
1871	1878	Jacques Milhes
1878	1908	Raymond Milhes
1908	1919	Antonin Desplats
1919	1935	Joseph Marty

Mayors from 1935

From	To	Name
1935	1945	Maurice Geli
1945	1989	Pierre Geli
1989	2014	Laurent Geli
2014	2020	Cédric Malrieu

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 128 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through 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
252	240	378	338	339	363	330	345	356

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
331	296	296	293	263	246	252	247	239

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
203	201	199	171	169	188	172	178	160

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008	2010
137	142	112	100	110	126	126	126	128

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

Population of Airoux

Distribution of Age Groups

The population of the municipality has 42.9% men and 57.1% women. This is generally older than the age groups of metropolitan France. There are 73 people under 20 years old for every 100 people over 60 years old giving an index of 0.73, while the index for French youth, which is equal to the division of the proportion under 20 years by the proportion over 60 years, is 1.06. The index for youth of the commune is also lower than the department (0.76) and that of the region (0.86).^[4]

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Airoux and Aude Department in 2009

	Airoux	Airoux	Aude	Aude
Age Range	Men	Women	Men	Women
0 to 14 Years	13.0	18.1	17.9	16.0
15 to 29 Years	13.0	12.5	16.1	14.4
30 to 44 Years	22.2	13.9	19.1	18.4
45 to 59 Years	29.6	20.8	20.7	20.4
60 to 74 Years	11.1	20.8	16.7	17.1
75 to 89 Years	9.3	11.1	9.0	12.4
90 Years+	1.9	2.8	0.6	1.4

Sources:

Sites and monuments

Cemetery Cross at Airoux

The commune has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:

The Chateau of Airoux (16th century)^[5]
A Cemetery Cross (16th century)^[6]

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1], the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities 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

↑ Inhabitants of Aude (French)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Google Maps
↑ List of Mayors of France
↑ Census database for 2009 - departments and regions, INSEE website, consulted on 11 November 2012 (French).
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102508 Chateau of Aroux (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102509 Cemetery Cross (French)

[4] At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1], the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities 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.

[1] Inhabitants of Aude (French)

[Google-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Google Maps

[3] List of Mayors of France

[baseDR-5] Census database for 2009 - departments and regions, INSEE website, consulted on 11 November 2012 (French).

[6] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102508 Chateau of Aroux (French)

[7] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102509 Cemetery Cross (French)

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