Arabaux (French pronunciation: ​[aʁabo]; Occitan: Aravaut) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.

Arabaux
Commune
Arabaux Community Hall
Location of Arabaux
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Coordinates: 42°59′09″N 1°38′37″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Val d'Ariège
Intercommunality	CA Pays Foix-Varilhes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Dupuy
Area 1	4.59 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	81
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09013 /09000
Elevation	395–826 m (1,296–2,710 ft) (avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
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 Arabausois or Arabausoises[2]

Geography

Arabaux is some 20 km south of Pamiers and 2 km north-east of Foix to which urban area it belongs. National Highway N20 passes through the south-western corner of the commune partly in a tunnel but it has no exit in the commune with the nearest exit No. 10 south of Saint-Jean-de-Verges. The D1 road goes from Foix through the south of the commune and continues east to Carla-de-Roquefort. Access to the village is by country roads - one from the NR20 Exit 10 and one from the D1 on the eastern border. The commune is heavily forested in the centre and west with the rest of the land farmland.[3]

The Alses river passes through the centre of the commune from east to west then turns north forming part of the western border to join the Ariège near the NR20 Exit 10. The Ruisseau d'Araboux rises west of the village and flows north-west to join the Ariege.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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History

Bernard de Lordat, co-lord of Lordat, received Arabaux in around 1250, after an exchange with the count of Foix and thus became the lord.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[4]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 76 inhabitants.

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

External links

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

References

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[ru] Арабо (коммуна)