Albières

Albières
Commune
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Coordinates: 42°56′52″N 2°28′43″E / 42.9478°N 2.4786°E / 42.9478; 2.4786Coordinates: 42°56′52″N 2°28′43″E / 42.9478°N 2.4786°E / 42.9478; 2.4786
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Les Corbières
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yvon Lacombe
Area 1	17.25 km2 (6.66 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	119
• Density	6.9/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11007 /11330
Elevation	371–823 m (1,217–2,700 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Albières (French pronunciation: [albjɛʁ] (listen); Occitan: Albièras) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Albiérois or Albiéroises^[2]

Geography[]

Albières is a remote commune high in the mountains some 40 km south by south-east of Carcassonne and 40 km west by south west of Port-la-Nouvelle in a direct line. The road distance is substantially more. The D129 road running north-west from Pont d'Orbieau forms the north-eastern border of the commune but to enter the commune the D613 road branches off this road heading south-west to the village of Albières. The D613 continues west through the commune to Arques and is the only access route to the commune. There is quite an extensive network of small mountain roads in the commune. The commune is mountainous with alpine vegetation, no farming areas, and some forested areas.

There are many streams flowing through the commune with the Ruisseau d'Albières flowing through the village and north, joined by several other streams and joining L'Orbieu river which flows northwards to join the Aude near Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and towns[]

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Heraldry[]

Blazon: Or, fess fusilly in gules and Or.

Administration[]

List of Successive Mayors of Albières^[4]

Mayors from 1938

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1938	1955	Bertin Pistre
1955	1971	Arthème Moulins
1971	1983	Léon Pistre
1983	1995	Marcel Floutie
1995	Current	Jacques Villefranque	PS

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2004	82	—
2006	85	+3.7%
2007	89	+4.7%
2008	93	+4.5%
2009	97	+4.3%
2010	98	+1.0%
2011	99	+1.0%
2012	104	+5.1%
2013	108	+3.8%
2014	113	+4.6%
2015	114	+0.9%
2016	116	+1.8%

Sites and Monuments[]

• Ruins of a Medieval Castle and enclosure (castrum) of the old village
• The Church of Saint Martin from the 17th century contains a Painting: the Assumption^[5] which is registered as an historical object.
• The Oratory of Notre-Dame des Douleurs contains a Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity^[6] which is registered as an historical object.

Notable People linked to the commune[]

• Raymond Busquet whose paternal family is from Albières and neighbouring villages

Associations[]

• The ACCA of Albières: Boar Hunting
• The Paradis club: Club of the Third Age of Albières
• The Committee of festivals of Albières

Events[]

• A Local Festival around 14 July (organized by the Festival Committee)
• The Festival of Albières of World Music at the end of July
• The Bal-musette in late August (organized by the Paradis Club)
• A Theatre during the All Saints' Day holidays

See also[]

• Communes of the Aude department

External links[]

• Albières on Lion1906
• Albières on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Albieres on the 1750 Cassini Map

References[]

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