Caux-et-Sauzens

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Caux-et-Sauzens

(2020–2026) Geneviève Raboul^[1]Area

9 km² (3 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,001 • Density110/km² (290/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

11084 /11170

Elevation103–177 m (338–581 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caux-et-Sauzens (French pronunciation: [ko e sozɛ̃s] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Caus e Sausens) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Located 8 kilometres west of Carcassonne between the Montagne Noire and Malepère, at the crossroads of the old Roman roads to Toulouse and from Foix towards Ariège and Spain. The Canal du Midi runs between the Village of Caux and the Hamlet of Sauzens. Its inhabitants are known as Cauxois.

History

The hamlet of Sauzens and the village Caux joined to form Caux et Sauzens during the French Revolution in 1791.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	508	—
1800	504	−0.11%
1806	531	+0.87%
1821	507	−0.31%
1831	465	−0.86%
1836	487	+0.93%
1841	488	+0.04%
1846	493	+0.20%
1851	508	+0.60%
1856	496	−0.48%
1861	446	−2.10%
1866	422	−1.10%
1872	432	+0.39%
1876	422	−0.58%
1881	520	+4.26%
1886	540	+0.76%
1891	527	−0.49%
1896	553	+0.97%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	551	−0.07%
1906	556	+0.18%
1911	522	−1.25%
1921	503	−0.37%
1926	524	+0.82%
1931	556	+1.19%
1936	505	−1.91%
1946	507	+0.04%
1954	510	+0.07%
1962	450	−1.55%
1968	429	−0.79%
1975	516	+2.67%
1982	594	+2.03%
1990	705	+2.16%
1999	739	+0.52%
2007	770	+0.51%
2012	821	+1.29%
2017	979	+3.58%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Caux-et-Sauzens, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE