Orsans, Aude
| Orsans | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
  Orsans Location within Occitanie region  Orsans | |
| Coordinates: 43°09′44″N 1°58′59″E / 43.1622°N 1.9831°ECoordinates: 43°09′44″N 1°58′59″E / 43.1622°N 1.9831°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| Canton | La Piège au Razès |
| 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) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11268 /11270 |
| Elevation |
304–400 m (997–1,312 ft) (avg. 355 m or 1,165 ft) |
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 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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