Artigues (French pronunciation: [aʁtiɡ] (listen); Occitan: Artigas) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Artigues
Commune
A general view of Artigues
Coat of arms
Location of Artigues
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Coordinates: 42°48′00″N 2°13′00″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Limoux
Canton	La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude
Intercommunality	CC Pyrénées Audoises
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Mounié[1]
Area 1	6.38 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	74
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11017 /11140
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artiguais or Artiguaises.[3]

Geography

Artigues is located some 10 km south by south-east of Quillan and 2 km west of Axat. Access to the commune is by the D83 road from Axat in the east passing through the village and continuing west then south by a tortuous route to Le Clat. The commune is rugged and heavily forested but with a little farming activity near the village.[4]

The river Aude forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north. The Ruisseau de l'Esteille rises in the south of the commune and flows east to join the Aude east of the commune. The Ruisseau de la Fage rises in the south of the commune and flows north to join the Ruisseau d'Artigues just south of the village which flows east to join the Aude.[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined Blazon: Party per fesse, Or and Azure.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[5]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 73 inhabitants.

Sites and monuments

• The Church of Saint-Nicolas (1830);
• The Gorge of Saint-Georges, with cliffs 300m high;
• The Col du Garabeil.

Church Picture Gallery

• 
  Artigues Church Interior
• 
  Baptismal Font from 1648
• 
  A statue of Joan of Arc in the Church
• 
  Stained Glass in the Church

See also

• Communes of the Aude department

References

External links

• Artigues on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Arugues on the 1750 Cassini Map

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Artigues, Aude.

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[ru] Артиг (Од)