Antichan-de-Frontignes

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Antichan-de-Frontignes
Commune
A general view of Antichan-de-Frontignes
A general view of Antichan-de-Frontignes
Location of Antichan-de-Frontignes
Antichan-de-Frontignes is located in France
Antichan-de-Frontignes
Antichan-de-Frontignes
Coordinates: 42°58′27″N 0°39′58″E / 42.9742°N 0.6661°E / 42.9742; 0.6661Coordinates: 42°58′27″N 0°39′58″E / 42.9742°N 0.6661°E / 42.9742; 0.6661
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementSaint-Gaudens
CantonBagnères-de-Luchon
IntercommunalityPyrénées Haut Garonnaises
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Jean-Pierre Dumail
Area
1
4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
185
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
31009 /31510
Elevation533–1,655 m (1,749–5,430 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Antichan-de-Frontignes (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃tiʃɑ̃ də fʁɔ̃tiɲ]; Occitan: Antishan de Frontinhas) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Antichanais or Antichanaises.[2]

Geography[]

Entry to Antichan-de-Frontignes

Antichan-de-Frontignes is located at the foot of the Pyrenees in the Comminges region some 40 km east by south-east of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and 19 km south by south-west of Saint-Gaudens. Access to the commune is by the D618 road which branches from the D331 east of Ore and goes to the village then continues north-east by a roundabout route to Juzet-d'Izaut. There is also a local road going from the D618 north of the village to Saint-Pé-d'Ardet. Most of the commune is heavily forested however there is some farmland near the village.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[]

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Administration[]

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From To Name
2001 2026 Bernard Dumail

Demography[]

In 2017 the commune had 157 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 241—    
1800 250+0.53%
1806 242−0.54%
1821 288+1.17%
1831 349+1.94%
1836 336−0.76%
1841 335−0.06%
1846 330−0.30%
1851 333+0.18%
1856 320−0.79%
1861 318−0.13%
1866 364+2.74%
1872 309−2.69%
1876 324+1.19%
1881 293−1.99%
1886 286−0.48%
1891 281−0.35%
1896 274−0.50%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 258−1.20%
1906 282+1.79%
1911 262−1.46%
1921 241−0.83%
1926 238−0.25%
1931 244+0.50%
1936 240−0.33%
1946 112−7.34%
1954 103−1.04%
1962 96−0.88%
1968 92−0.71%
1975 71−3.63%
1982 75+0.79%
1990 73−0.34%
1999 84+1.57%
2007 82−0.30%
2012 91+2.10%
2017 157+11.52%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]
The Town Hall and School
A Street in Antichan-de-Frontignes
Antichan-de-Frontignes War Memorial

Sites and monuments[]

The Church of Notre Dame of the Assumption
  • The village is the point of departure for a hiking trail which crosses the Col des Ares 4.5 km from the village then continues to the summits of the Pic du Gar and the Saillant Peak.
  • The Church of Notre-Dame of the Assumption

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Inhabitants of Haute-Garonne (in French)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Antichan-de-Frontignes, EHESS. (in French)
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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