Albières

Coat of arms

Albières

Location within Occitanie region

Albières

Coordinates: 42°56′52″N 2°28′43″E / 42.9478°N 2.4786°ECoordinates: 42°56′52″N 2°28′43″E / 42.9478°N 2.4786°E

Country

Fabrezan

Région Lézignanaise Corbières Minervois

Government

• Mayor (2014-2020)

Jacques Villefranque

Area¹

17.25 km² (6.66 sq mi)

Population (2014)²

113

• Density

6.6/km² (17/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

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.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Albières is a French commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Albiérois or Albiéroises

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.

Or, fess fusilly in gules and Or.

List of Successive Mayors of Albières

In 2010, the commune had 98 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

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