Aucazein

Aucazein
The Bouigane River at Aucazein
Aucazein
Location within Occitanie region  Aucazein
Coordinates: 42°56′12″N 0°58′32″E / 42.9367°N 0.9756°E / 42.9367; 0.9756Coordinates: 42°56′12″N 0°58′32″E / 42.9367°N 0.9756°E / 42.9367; 0.9756
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Castillon-en-Couserans
Intercommunality	Castillonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Claude Geslin
Area1	6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	64
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	09025 / 09800
Elevation	531–1,682 m (1,742–5,518 ft) (avg. 550 m or 1,800 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.

Aucazein is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aucazénois.

Aucazein is located in the Ariège Natural Regional Park some 40 km south-east of Saint-Gaudens in a direct line and 20 km west by south-west of Saint-Girons at an altitude of 570 metres. Access to the commune is by road D 618 from Orgibet in the west which passes through the north of the commune and the village and continues east to Argein. Most of the land area of the commune is rugged and forested however the valley where the village is located has some farmland.

The Bouigane river flows east along the valley and through the village on its way to join the Lez at Audressein. The Ruisseau de Cassech forms the western border of the commune as it flows north to join the Bouigane. Similarly La Rivière forms the eastern border of the commune and also joins the Bouigane. The Ruisseau de Recoule flows from the north and passes through the commune for a short distance before joining the Bouigane.

The commune is located on the Way of St. James which crosses Ariège. The Knights Templar built a Romanesque chapel in the commune.

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

In 2010 the commune had 64 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.