Aunat

Aunat
Aunat
Commune
	A general view of Aunat
	Coat of arms
	Location of Aunat
	Aunat Aunat
	Coordinates: 42°47′41″N 2°05′46″E / 42.7947°N 2.0961°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Limoux
Canton	La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude
Intercommunality	CC Pyrénées Audoises
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Piquemal
Area 1	10.62 km2 (4.10 sq mi)
Population (2023)	61
• Density	5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11019 /11140
Elevation	593–1,200 m (1,946–3,937 ft) ; (avg. 936 m or 3,071 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aunat (French pronunciation: [onat] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Geography

Aunat is located some 60 km west by north-west of Perpignan and 25 km east by north-east of Ax-les-Thermes. Access to the commune is by the D20 road from Rodome in the west which passes through the village and continues east to Bessède-de-Sault. The D29 road comes from Fontanès-de-Sault in the south and passes through the length of the commune and the village before continuing north-west to join the D107 north-east of Belfort-sur-Rebenty. The commune is mostly rugged and forested but with farmland in the valley around the village.^[3]

The Ruisseau du Mouillou rises in the north-east of the commune and flows west gathering several tributaries from the north including the Ruisseau du Bernet and the Ruisseau de Valmajou before joining the Ruisseau de Romanis on the western border of the commune.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Aunat	Blazon: Or, an alder tree eradicated of Gules.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Lucien Faure
2008	2014	Jean Séguéla
2014	2020	Henri Vaquer
2020	2026	Christophe Piquemal

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aunatois or Aunatoises in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	354	—
1821	481	+1.10%
1846	498	+0.14%
1872	469	−0.23%
1901	403	−0.52%
1926	253	−1.84%
1946	200	−1.17%
1962	150	−1.78%
1968	134	−1.86%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1975	119	−1.68%
1982	82	−5.18%
1990	55	−4.87%
1999	52	−0.62%
2007	49	−0.74%
2012	40	−3.98%
2017	67	+10.87%
2023	61	−1.55%

Source: EHESS^[6] and INSEE^[7]

Notable people linked to the commune

The paternal side of Edgar Faure originated from this commune for many generations before 1850.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c Google Maps
^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
^ Le nom des habitants du 11 - Aude, habitants.fr
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aunat, EHESS (in French).
^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

External links

Aunat on the old IGN website (in French)
Aunat on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
Aunat on the 1750 Cassini Map

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[2] "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

[Google-3] Google Maps

[4] List of Mayors of France (in French)

[5] Le nom des habitants du 11 - Aude, habitants.fr

[ehess-6] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aunat, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-7] Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

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