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Ansignan (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃siɲɑ̃] (listen); Catalan: Ansinyà; Occitan: Ansinhan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France.[3]

Ansignan
Commune
The main road in Ansignan
Coat of arms
Location of Ansignan
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Coordinates: 42°45′43″N 2°30′59″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	La Vallée de l'Agly
Intercommunality	Agly Fenouillèdes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Philippe Struillou[1]
Area 1	7.84 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	165
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66006 /66220
Elevation	155–583 m (509–1,913 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Localisation

Ansignan is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.[3]

Government and politics

Communal administration

The town council of Ansignan is composed in 2014 of eleven councilors : seven men (the mayor, two deputy mayors and four councilors) and four women (four councilors).[4]

Mayors

Mayors before 1935

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Joseph Grand	1792	1795
Pierre Grand	1795	1799
Marc Babulet	1799	1801
Joseph Grand	1801	1813
Joseph Grand Jr.[5]	1813	1815
Jean Raspaud[5]	1815	1816
Pierre Barbaza	1816	1835
Jacques Gandou	1835	1841
Jean-BaptisteFage	1841	1846
Joseph Pratx	1846	1850
Saturnin Carol	1850	1850
Joseph Merou	1850	1850
Pierre Estève	1850	1851
Joseph Barbaza	1851	1852
Pierre Estève	1852	1856
François Bascou	1856	1865
Pierre Vaysse	1865	1876
JosephBarbaza	1876	1884
André Gelly	1884	1888
Jean-François Dauliac	1888	1895
Pierre Pech	1895	1908
Célestin Calvet	1908	1912
Jacques-Louis Pech	1912	1929

Mayors after 1935[6]

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Etienne Bascou	1935	1977
Guy Barbaza	1977	1999
Guy Audouy	1999	2001
Mauricette Pelissier	2001	2014
Jean-Pierre Pilart	2014	2020
Jean-Philippe Struillou	2020	incumbent

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1794 221 —     1800 248 +12.2% 1806 276 +11.3% 1820 277 +0.4% 1831 317 +14.4% 1836 306 −3.5% 1841 307 +0.3% 1846 288 −6.2% 1851 301 +4.5% 1856 271 −10.0% 1861 287 +5.9% 1866 293 +2.1% 1872 295 +0.7% 1876 273 −7.5% 1881 276 +1.1% 1886 281 +1.8% 1891 289 +2.8% 1896 274 −5.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 300 +9.5% 1906 278 −7.3% 1911 248 −10.8% 1921 252 +1.6% 1926 246 −2.4% 1931 268 +8.9% 1936 263 −1.9% 1946 245 −6.8% 1954 229 −6.5% 1962 225 −1.7% 1968 259 +15.1% 1975 225 −13.1% 1982 194 −13.8% 1990 212 +9.3% 1999 198 −6.6% 2006 186 −6.1% 2009 190 +2.2%

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

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