Aragon, Aude

Aragon
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Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	Alzonne
Intercommunality	Carcassonne Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Didier Sie
Area1	20.56 km2 (7.94 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	426
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	11011 / 11600
Elevation	136–346 m (446–1,135 ft); (avg. 190 m or 620 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.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aragonais or Aragonaises^[1]

Geography

Aragon is a commune in the Carcassonne urban area on the Green Meridian in Cabardès. The village is built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Trapel and Vallette streams.

The commune is located some 13 km north of Carcassonne and 6 km east of Montolieu. Access is by the D203 road from Fraisse-Cabardès in the north-west passing through the length of the commune to the village then continuing south to Pennautier. There is also the D935 going south-east from the village to Villegailhenc. The north of the commune is quite rugged and heavily forested while the south of the commune is farmland with some patches of forest.

The Ruisseau de Trapel flows from the north-west passing north of the village and gathering tributaries as it continues south-east to join the Canal du Midi south of Les Pradels. The Ruisseau de la Vallette also flows from further north-west to pass the village on the southern side before joining the Trapel. Numerous other streams rise in the south of the commune and flow south-east. In the north-east the Ruisseau de Vallouviere flows south-east and joins the Trapel south-east of the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Toponymy

The town is also known as Aragon-en-Cabardès but this name is not so easy to use. The name could come from the Kingdom of Aragon and dates from the 11th century but some propose Celtic or Greco-Celtic origins meaning a place near a battle or near the wilderness.

Hamlets and places: Bancalis, la Borde Neuve, Cabrol, les Capitelles, le Chalet, Combe Petite, Combe Grande, Font de l'Orme, Font en Gui, la Croze (ruins), Garille, Grambaud, La Grange, le Moulin, Moulin de Vignore, Pech Marie, Rude Mine, la Valette d'Artoul, and la Valouvière.
Topographical feature: la Crose (329m), Montpeyrous (219m), Mourral de las Piouses (161m), and Pech Jalabert (322m).
Hydrology:
- Water Sources: Font de Clavel, Fontaine Blanche, and Fount de Cussou.
- Streams: Ruissseau de Garille, de Gazel, de la Combe Auzine, de la Combe Bertrand, de la Combe des Baysses, de la Combe Petite, de la Valette, de Malmajou, de Malrégas, de Pratjon, de Racaudy, de Trapel, de Vallouvière, des Joies, and du Berger.
Forests: les Affenadous, Bois de Moure, Bosc de Bez, le Carrétal de la Sourde, la Crose, Montpeyrous, Pech Jalabert, le Pin des Balles, and Plaine de Montolieu.
Vineyards: Magrie and le Sidobre.
Pathways: Chemin de la Moulinasse and Chemin de la Plaine de la Bouiche.

Other Places: Champ du Saule, Clapier d'Amen, Clapier Rouge, l'Espinal, la Croix du Carabier, Larjale, le Malrégas, les Précieuses, Mont Feste, Mourrel de la Crose, Mourrel Redon, Pechicous, Plateau d'Aragon, and Pratjon.

History

There are remains from the Bronze Age (2000 BC) which were found in a cave. In 1820 a fragment with a Gallo-Roman funerary inscription was discovered.

In the 10th century Aragon belonged to the Abbey of Montolieu but, from the beginning of the 12th century, traces of the Lords of Aragon have been found. They then had large areas of land but they seem to have followed the Cathar cause. They were thus deprived of their property by the Inquisition although they received financial compensation. Their fief was then shared between the Royal Domain and the bishopric of Carcassonne but, even without the protection of lords, Catharism still survived in the village.

File:Village d'Aragon.jpg

Aragon Village

In 1575 and in 1588 the Huguenots occupied the village. The Viscount of Turenne recaptured it in 1580.

The village experienced a period of prosperity in the late 18th century when looms for supplying the clothiers at Carcassonne brought additional revenue to the community.

In the 17th century, the lordship of Aragon belonged to Sebastian de Maurel, whose daughter, Anne de Maurel d'Aragon, was married in 1726 at Aragon to Pierre de Bancalis, giving birth to the noble family Bancalis de Maurel d'Aragon.

Heraldry

	Blazon: Argent, a bend of Sable.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1929

From	To	Name
1790	1793	Pierre Duran
1793	1796	Etienne Escande
1796	1796	Jean Duran
1796	1798	Jean Molinier
1798	1800	Vital Resseguier
1800	1806	Gabriel Beteille
1806	1808	Simon Rousseau
1808	1811	Mathieu Averous
1811	1815	Vital Resseguier
1815	1816	Pierre Pontet
1816	1821	Germaine Pontet
1821	1826	Jean Averous
1826	1848	Germain Pontet
1848	1855	François Escande
1855	1864	Mathieu Averous
1864	1871	Claude Ressiguier
1871	1874	Guillaume Lapeyre
1874	1876	Mathieu Averous
1876	1876	Jules Aribaud
1876	1880	François Barthe
1880	1881	Antoine Tiquet
1881	1884	Jules Aribaud
1884	1893	Louis Satge
1893	1894	François Barthe
1894	1904	Jules Aribaud
1904	1918	Gilbert Durand
1918	1919	François Cayrol
1919	1924	Baptiste Bousquet
1924	1925	Bernard Loubiere
1925	1929	Paul Calmet

Mayors from 1929

From	To	Name
1929	1965	Paul Blanc
1965	1995	André Bru
1995	2008	Serge Loubet
2008	2014	Bernard Bru
2014	2020	Didier Sie

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 426 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
427	580	621	708	707	694	704	676	664

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
647	613	597	604	620	623	524	465	460

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
496	499	475	457	469	454	431	374	355

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
334	304	306	374	389	453	445	426	-

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

File:Vignoble d'Aragon en Cabardès.jpg

A Vineyard at Aragon

File:Population - Municipality code 11011.svg

Population of Aragon

Economy

Aragon is part of the Cabardès AOC

Culture and heritage

File:Chateau d'Aragon.JPG

The Chateau

Civil heritage

A Chateau (16th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[4]
The Espace Pierre Sèche
An Old winery tools Museum

Religious heritage

Two sites are registered as historical monuments:

A Wayside Cross (16th century)^[5]
The Church of Sainte-Marie (14th 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, 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

↑ Inhabitants of Aude (French)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Google Maps
↑ List of Mayors of France
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102536 Chateau (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102535 Wayside Cross (French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA11000065 Church of Sainte-Marie (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, 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.

[1] Inhabitants of Aude (French)

[Google-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Google Maps

[3] List of Mayors of France

[5] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102536 Chateau (French)

[6] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00102535 Wayside Cross (French)

[7] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA11000065 Church of Sainte-Marie (French)

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