Arabaux | |
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 Arabaux Community Hall | |
 Location of Arabaux | |
  Arabaux  Arabaux | |
| Coordinates:42°59′09″N1°38′37″E / 42.9858°N 1.6436°E /42.9858; 1.6436 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| Canton | Val d'Ariège |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Foix-Varilhes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Claude Dupuy[1] |
Area 1 | 4.59 km2 (1.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 79 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/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. | |
Arabaux (French pronunciation:[aʁabo];Occitan:Aravaut) is acommune in theAriègedepartment in theOccitanie region of southwesternFrance.
Arabaux is some 20 km south ofPamiers and 2 km north-east ofFoix, which is the urban area to which 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 being No. 10 south ofSaint-Jean-de-Verges. The D1 road goes from Foix through the south of the commune and continues east toCarla-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]
TheAlses river passes through the centre of the commune from east to west then turns north forming part of the western border to join theAriège near the NR20 Exit 10. TheRuisseau d'Araboux rises west of the village and flows north-west to join the Ariege.[3]
Bernard de Lordat, co-lord ofLordat, received Arabaux in around 1250, after an exchange with thecount of Foix and thus became the lord.
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List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1804 | 1808 | Jean Duran |
| 1810 | 1812 | Dominique Rouch |
| 1813 | 1813 | Pierre Rouch |
| 1816 | 1819 | François Azam Coustant |
| 1823 | 1828 | Dominique Rouch |
| 1853 | 1853 | Pierre Rouch |
| 1877 | 1878 | Jean Melet |
| 1884 | 1892 | Jean-Baptiste Marfaing |
| 2001 | 2020 | Michel Rouch |
| 2020 | 2026 | Jean-Claude Dupuy |
The inhabitants of the commune are known asArabausois orArabausoises in French.[5]
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