Conques-sur-Orbiel

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Conques-sur-Orbiel
Commune
The church and surroundings in Conques-sur-Orbiel
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°16′14″N 2°24′09″E / 43.2706°N 2.4025°E / 43.2706; 2.4025Coordinates: 43°16′14″N 2°24′09″E / 43.2706°N 2.4025°E / 43.2706; 2.4025
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	La Vallée de l'Orbiel
Intercommunality	Carcassonne Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Juste
Area 1	25.07 km2 (9.68 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	2,545
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11099 /11600
Elevation	101–286 m (331–938 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
Website	www.conques-sur-orbiel.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Conques-sur-Orbiel (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃k syʁ ɔʁbjɛl] (listen); Occitan: Concas) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Population[]

Chapel[]

About 2 km north of the town lies a chapel constructed in 1885 for property owner Camille Don de Cépian and designed by Gabriel Pasquier. The chapel is crumbling but was recently stabilized.^[2]

2018 Flood[]

In mid-October 2018, Villegailhenc, Conques-sur-Orbiel, and Villardonnel, and Trèbes, along with nearby areas along the river Aude, were devastated when the river flooded after intense rain. 12 people were killed, including a nun.^[3] Natural deposits of high arsenic content were disturbed & spread by these flood waters, levels of 100 ug/L have been subsequently measured in affected areas.

See also[]

• Communes of the Aude department
• List of medieval bridges in France

References[]

External links[]

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• SENIORBIEL - Seniors Conques sur Orbiel
• Conques-sur-Orbiel sur le site de l'Institut géographique national

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