Conques-sur-Orbiel

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Conques-sur-Orbiel

(2020–2026) Jean-François Juste^[1]Area

25.07 km² (9.68 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,575 • Density100/km² (270/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

11099 /11600

Elevation101–286 m (331–938 ft)
(avg. 125 m or 410 ft)Websitewww.conques-sur-orbiel.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Conques-sur-Orbiel (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃k syʁ ɔʁbjɛl] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Concas) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,662	—
1975	1,692	+0.26%
1982	1,786	+0.78%
1990	2,043	+1.69%
1999	2,061	+0.10%
2007	2,269	+1.21%
2012	2,435	+1.42%
2017	2,525	+0.73%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Chapel

About 2 km north of the town lies a chapel constructed in 1885 for property owner Camille Don de Cépian and designed by Gabriel Pasquier. The chapel is crumbling but was recently stabilized.^[4]

2018 Flood

In mid-October 2018, Villegailhenc, Conques-sur-Orbiel, and Villardonnel, and Trèbes, along with nearby areas along the river Aude, were devastated when the river flooded after intense rain. 12 people were killed, including a nun.^[5] Natural deposits of high arsenic content were disturbed & spread by these flood waters, levels of 100 ug/L have been subsequently measured in affected areas.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Travaux de sécurisation à la chapelle de Vic, La Dépêche du Midi, 2016-11-28
^ France hit by worst flash floods in over a century, killing at least 12 including a nun, ABC News Online, 2018-10-16