Artigat is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the Ariège department in the

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region of south-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Artigatois'' or ''Artigatoises''

Geography

Artigat is located some 10 km west by north-west of

Pamiers Pamiers (; oc, Pàmias ) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although i ...

and 14 km south-west of

Saverdun Saverdun (; Languedocien: ''Savardun'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Saverdun are called ''Saverdunois'' in French. Name Saverdun gave its name to the former city of Verdun, Queb ...

. Access to the commune is by the D919 road from Le Fossat in the north passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing south to Pailhès. The D278 road comes from the D26 on the western border of the commune and goes east through the village to join the D36 south-west of Saint-Michel. The D27A also branches from the D919 in the north of the commune and goes east to Saint-Martin-d'Oydes. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of Bajou in the north, and Les Lanes east of the village. The commune has extensive forests covering about 40% of the land area with the rest farmland.Google Maps
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Lèze The Lèze () is a long river in the Ariège and Haute-Garonne ''départements'', southwestern France. Its source is in La Bastide-de-Sérou. It flows generally north. It is a left tributary of the Ariège into which it flows between Labarthe-su ...

River flows through the commune from south to north gathering several tributaries including the Ruisseau de Laurens with its many tributaries.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

Until the French Revolution, the Parish of Artigat (with Bajou), as with those of Pailhès,

Lanoux Lanoux is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the A ...

, Castéras,

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, Aigues-Juntes,

Montégut-Plantaurel Montégut-Plantaurel (; oc, Montagut de Plantaurèl) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprise ...

, Cazeaux, Artix, Saint-Bauzeil, Benagues, Saint-Victor-Rouzaud, Madière, Saint-Michel, Lescousse, Saint-Martin-d'Oydes, and

Esplas Esplas is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the A ...

formed an enclave of

Languedoc The Province of Languedoc (; , ; oc, Lengadòc ) is a former province of France. Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately ...

. They all depended on the Episcopal Diocese of Rieux and the civil diocese of

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

while neighbouring communes were part of the

County of Foix The County of Foix (french: Comté de Foix, ; oc, Comtat de Fois) was an independent medieval fief in southern France, and later a province of France, whose territory corresponded roughly the eastern part of the modern ''département'' of Ariè ...

. See the

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. The Parish of Artigat (shown as ''Arugat'' on the

) was certainly the most important parish of this Languedoc enclave. The famous case of

Martin Guerre Martin Guerre, a French peasant of the 16th century, was at the centre of a famous case of imposture. Several years after Martin Guerre had left his wife, child and village, a man claiming to be him appeared. He lived with Guerre's wife and so ...

took place in Artigat. There was a flood in the autumn of 2006 in Artigat whereupon moat were built in the village.

Administration

List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 564 inhabitants.

Notable people linked to the commune

(famous affair of the 16th century which took place in Artigat). *

Claude Bergeaud Claude Bergeaud (born 30 April 1960 in Artigat, Ariège, France) is a French basketball coach. From 2008 to 2010, he was the director general of the club Pau-Orthez. Biography Clubs * 1996 - end of 1997 : Pau-Orthez ( Pro A) : assistant ...

(1960-), French basketball trainer was born in Artigat.

References

{{authority control Communes of Ariège (department)