Armissan | |
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 Saint Etienne Church in Armissan | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Armissan | |
  Armissan  Armissan | |
| Coordinates:43°11′17″N3°05′50″E / 43.1881°N 3.0972°E /43.1881; 3.0972 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Narbonne |
| Canton | Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude |
| Intercommunality | Le Grand Narbonne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2022–2026) | Gérard Lacombe[1] |
Area 1 | 12.51 km2 (4.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,474 |
| • Density | 117.8/km2 (305.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11014 /11110 |
| Elevation | 3–195 m (9.8–639.8 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Armissan (French pronunciation:[aʁmisɑ̃]ⓘ;Occitan:Armissan) is acommune in theAudedepartment in theOccitanie region of southernFrance.
Armissan is part of the urban area ofNarbonne and is located just 2 km east of the city immediately south ofVinassan and inside the Regional Natural Park of Narbonne. Access to the commune is by road D68 from Narbonne passing through the town and continuing south-east to join the D168 toNarbonne-Plage at the southern border of the commune. The D168 from Narbonne to Narbonne-Plage also passes through the south of the commune. There is also the D31 going south from Vinasson through the west of the commune to join the D32. TheA9 autoroute passes through the west of the commune but has no exit - the nearest exit is Exit 37 at Narbonne. The commune has large forests in the south-west and in the north with the rest of the commune farmland.[3]
TheRuisseau Mayral with many tributaries flows through the village west to join a network of canals west of the A9.
| Blazon: Ermine, in fesse fusilly Or and Azure. |
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List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name |
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| 2001 | 2020 | Gérard Kerfyser |
| 2020 | 2026 | José Frere |
The inhabitants of the commune are known asArmissannais orArmissannaises in French.[5]
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The commune is part of the Languedoc AOC.
are registered as an historical monument.[8]
is registered as an historical object.[9]TheChurch of Saint-Etienne contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
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Places adjacent to Armissan | |
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