Ansignan

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Ansignan
Commune
The main road in Ansignan
The main road in Ansignan
Coat of arms of Ansignan
Coat of arms
Location of Ansignan
Ansignan is located in France
Ansignan
Ansignan
Coordinates: 42°45′43″N 2°30′59″E / 42.7619°N 2.5164°E / 42.7619; 2.5164Coordinates: 42°45′43″N 2°30′59″E / 42.7619°N 2.5164°E / 42.7619; 2.5164
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLa Vallée de l'Agly
IntercommunalityAgly Fenouillèdes
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Philippe Struillou[1]
Area
1
7.84 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
168
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66006 /66220
Elevation155–583 m (509–1,913 ft)
(avg. 235 m or 771 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Roman Aqueduct of Ansignan

Ansignan is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France.

Geography[]

Localisation[]

Ansignan is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Ansignan and its surrounding communes

Government and politics[]

Seal of Ansignan in 1815

Communal administration[]

The town council of Ansignan is composed in 2014 of eleven councilors : seven men (the mayor, two deputy mayors and four councilors) and four women (four councilors).[3]

Mayors[]

Signature of mayor Joseph Grand (Jr.) in 1815
Mayors after 1935[5]
Mayor Term start Term end
Etienne Bascou 1935 1977
Guy Barbaza 1977 1999
Guy Audouy 1999 2001
Mauricette Pelissier 2001 2014
Jean-Pierre Pilart 2014 2020
Jean-Philippe Struillou 2020 incumbent

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1794221—    
1800248+12.2%
1806276+11.3%
1820277+0.4%
1831317+14.4%
1836306−3.5%
1841307+0.3%
1846288−6.2%
1851301+4.5%
1856271−10.0%
1861287+5.9%
1866293+2.1%
1872295+0.7%
1876273−7.5%
1881276+1.1%
1886281+1.8%
1891289+2.8%
1896274−5.2%
YearPop.±%
1901300+9.5%
1906278−7.3%
1911248−10.8%
1921252+1.6%
1926246−2.4%
1931268+8.9%
1936263−1.9%
1946245−6.8%
1954229−6.5%
1962225−1.7%
1968259+15.1%
1975225−13.1%
1982194−13.8%
1990212+9.3%
1999198−6.6%
2006186−6.1%
2009190+2.2%

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ The city council of Ansignan on the town official site Archived 2016-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Ansignan, 18 juin 1815, January 11, 2014
  5. ^ Village d'Ansignan, annuaire-mairie.fr, accessed 18 May 2021


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