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Conques-sur-Orbiel | |
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Coordinates: 43°16′14″N 2°24′09″E / 43.2706°N 2.4025°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Aude |
Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Orbiel |
Intercommunality | Carcassonne Agglo |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-François Juste [1] |
Area 1 | 25.07 km2 (9.68 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 2,575 |
• Density | 100/km2 (270/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 |
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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] ; Occitan: Concas) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,662 | — |
1975 | 1,692 | +0.26% |
1982 | 1,786 | +0.78% |
1990 | 2,043 | +1.69% |
1999 | 2,061 | +0.10% |
2007 | 2,269 | +1.21% |
2012 | 2,435 | +1.42% |
2017 | 2,525 | +0.73% |
Source: INSEE [3] |
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. [4]
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. [5] 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.