Arrout

Commune in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Patrice Savarino^[1]Area3.02 km² (1.17 sq mi)Population92 • Density30/km² (79/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation480–959 m (1,575–3,146 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arrout (French pronunciation: [aʁu]; Occitan: Arrot) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Geography

Arrout is a commune in the Pyrenees mountains in the former province of Couserans some 12 km south-west of Saint-Girons and 3 km north of Castillon-en-Couserans. Access to the commune is by a country road from the end of the D404, which comes from Cescau in the south-east, to the village or by the Chemin d'Arrout from Audressein in the south. There is also a country road from Alas in the north-east. The commune is rugged and heavily forested throughout.^[3]

The Lez river forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the Salat at Saint-Girons. The Cayssau stream rises in the north-west and forms the north-western border before joining the Ruisseau de Lachein. The Ruisseau de Lasquert rises in the centre of the commune and flows north-east to join the Ruisseau de Lachein which flows south-west to join the Lez.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Blazon: Quarterly, 1 and 4 Azure with a roundel of Or; 2 and 3 Argent with an eagle of Sable.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2010	Georges Garié
2010	2020	Christiane Vignau
2020	2026	Patrice Savarino

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arrotois or Arrotoises in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 223 —     1800 215 −0.52% 1806 242 +1.99% 1821 89 −6.45% 1831 245 +10.66% 1836 267 +1.73% 1841 315 +3.36% 1846 312 −0.19% 1851 296 −1.05% 1856 316 +1.32% 1861 297 −1.23% 1866 264 −2.33% 1872 262 −0.13% 1876 277 +1.40% 1881 265 −0.88% 1886 254 −0.84% 1891 261 +0.55% 1896 256 −0.39%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 251 −0.39% 1906 204 −4.06% 1911 202 −0.20% 1921 166 −1.94% 1926 145 −2.67% 1931 125 −2.92% 1936 110 −2.52% 1946 103 −0.66% 1954 85 −2.37% 1962 68 −2.75% 1968 52 −4.37% 1975 44 −2.36% 1982 47 +0.95% 1990 64 +3.93% 1999 60 −0.71% 2007 65 +1.01% 2012 76 +3.18% 2017 85 +2.26%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Culture and Heritage

Arrout is one of the communes who received the Green Star of Esperanto from Esperanto info, an award given to mayors of communes who take a census of Esperanto speakers.

Religious Heritage

The Church contains three items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Chalice with Paten (17th century)^[8]
• A Ciborium (17th century)^[9]
• A Templar door (12th century)^[10]

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

External links

• Arrout on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Arrout official website Archived 11 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
• Arrout on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Arrout on the 1750 Cassini Map