Caux-et-Sauzens

Caux-et-Sauzens
Commune

Coat of arms
Caux-et-Sauzens
Location within Occitanie region
Caux-et-Sauzens
Coordinates: 43°13′36″N 2°15′23″E / 43.2267°N 2.2564°E / 43.2267; 2.2564Coordinates: 43°13′36″N 2°15′23″E / 43.2267°N 2.2564°E / 43.2267; 2.2564
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Aude
Arrondissement Carcassonne
Canton La Malepère à la Montagne Noire
Intercommunality Carcassonnais
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Angel Esteban
Area1 9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 774
 • Density 86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 11084 /11170
Elevation 103–177 m (338–581 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 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.

Caux-et-Sauzens is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Located 8 kilometres west of Carcassonne between the Montagne Noire and Malepère, at the crossroads of the old Roman roads to Toulouse and from Foix towards Ariège and Spain. The Canal du Midi runs between the Village of Caux and the Hamlet of Sauzens. Its inhabitants are known as Cauxois.

History

The hamlet of Sauzens and the village Caux joined to form Caux et Sauzens during the French revolution in 1791.

Population

[1]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793508—    
1800504−0.8%
1806531+5.4%
1821507−4.5%
1831465−8.3%
1836487+4.7%
1841488+0.2%
1846493+1.0%
1851508+3.0%
1856496−2.4%
1861446−10.1%
1866422−5.4%
1872432+2.4%
1876422−2.3%
1881520+23.2%
1886540+3.8%
1891527−2.4%
1896553+4.9%
1901551−0.4%
1906556+0.9%
1911522−6.1%
1921503−3.6%
1926524+4.2%
1931556+6.1%
1936505−9.2%
1946507+0.4%
1954510+0.6%
1962450−11.8%
1968429−4.7%
1975516+20.3%
1982594+15.1%
1990705+18.7%
1999739+4.8%
2009776+5.0%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques Résultats du recensement de la population - 2009 - Caux-et-Sauzens". INSEE. Retrieved 2013-04-18.


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