Audressein

Audressein
Commune
The church in the centre of the village
Audressein
Location within Occitanie region  Audressein
Coordinates: 42°55′46″N 1°01′28″E / 42.9294°N 1.0244°E / 42.9294; 1.0244Coordinates: 42°55′46″N 1°01′28″E / 42.9294°N 1.0244°E / 42.9294; 1.0244
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Ouest
Intercommunality	Castillonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Oscar Girotto
Area1	3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	116
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	09026 /09800
Elevation	489–959 m (1,604–3,146 ft) (avg. 500 m or 1,600 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.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Audressenois or Audressenoises.

Audressein is situated on the former Route nationale 618, the "Route of the Pyrenees", at the start of the climb to the Col de la Core some 18 km south-west of Saint-Girons. Access to the commune is by the D618 road from Argein in the west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues to Engomer in the north-east. The D804 goes from Sor in the west through the commune just south of the village and continues to Castillon-en-Couserans in the south-east. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with substantial forests in the north.

The Léz river flows through the commune from south to north forming the south-eastern border of the commune and continues north-east to join the Salat at Saint-Girons. The Bouigane river flows from the west across the commune to join the Lez at the village. The Long Rieu stream rises in the north of the commune and flows south to join the Bouigane near the village.

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

In 2010 the commune had 116 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 communes 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)