Orsans, Aude

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Orsans

(2020–2026) Jean Bonnafil^[1]Area

9.94 km² (3.84 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

107 • Density11/km² (28/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

11268 /11270

Elevation304–400 m (997–1,312 ft)
(avg. 355 m or 1,165 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orsans is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Orsans is a small hamlet in the south of France, it used to be an important village with a school and many farming supplies, but now is just a small farming community. There is a medieval church and there used to be a large windmill on the hill, which is now gone; however, the storage house (which was also a cowshed for a while) remains, now converted into a house. There is a statue in the square which celebrates the ceased or injured form Orsans in World War I. A small stream runs through the hills that are used for farming. On top of the largest hill in or sans there is a large old water tower, that is surrounded by cows.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	134	—
1968	141	+5.2%
1975	93	−34.0%
1982	93	+0.0%
1990	76	−18.3%
1999	101	+32.9%
2008	90	−10.9%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.