Orsans, Aude

Orsans
Orsans

Coordinates: 43°09′44″N 1°58′59″E / 43.1622°N 1.9831°E / 43.1622; 1.9831Coordinates: 43°09′44″N 1°58′59″E / 43.1622°N 1.9831°E / 43.1622; 1.9831
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Aude
Arrondissement Carcassonne
Canton Fanjeaux
Intercommunality Piège et Lauragais
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean Bonnafil
Area1 9.94 km2 (3.84 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 90
 • Density 9.1/km2 (23/sq mi)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Orsans is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

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 WW1. 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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962134—    
1968141+5.2%
197593−34.0%
198293+0.0%
199076−18.3%
1999101+32.9%
200890−10.9%

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