Armissan

Armissan (French pronunciation: [aʁmisɑ̃] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Armissan) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Armissan
Commune
Saint Peter Church in Armissan
Coat of arms
Location of Armissan
Armissan Armissan
Coordinates: 43°11′17″N 3°05′50″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Les Basses Plaines de l'Aude
Intercommunality	Le Grand Narbonne
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Gérard Lacombe
Area 1	12.51 km2 (4.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,488
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11014 /11110
Elevation	3–195 m (9.8–639.8 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Armissan is part of the urban area of Narbonne and is located just 2 km east of the city immediately south of Vinassan and inside the Regional Natural Park of Narbonne. Access to the commune is by road D68 from Narbonne passing through the town and continuing south-east to join the D168 to Narbonne-Plage at the southern border of the commune. The D168 from Narbonne to Narbonne-Plage also passes through the south of the commune. There is also the D31 going south from Vinasson through the west of the commune to join the D32. The A9 autoroute passes through the west of the commune but has no exit - the nearest exit is Exit 37 at Narbonne. The commune has large forests in the south-west and in the north with the rest of the commune farmland.

The Ruisseau Mayral with many tributaries flows through the village west to join a network of canals west of the A9.

History

Heraldry

Arms of Armissan

Blazon: Ermine, in fesse fusilly Or and Azure.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2020	Gérard Kerfyser
2020	2026	José Frere

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Armissannais or Armissannaises in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 281 —     1800 472 +7.69% 1806 418 −2.00% 1821 443 +0.39% 1831 439 −0.09% 1836 493 +2.35% 1841 511 +0.72% 1846 520 +0.35% 1851 526 +0.23% 1856 545 +0.71% 1861 582 +1.32% 1866 685 +3.31% 1872 633 −1.31% 1876 725 +3.45% 1881 905 +4.54% 1886 921 +0.35% 1891 917 −0.09% 1896 873 −0.98%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 905 +0.72% 1906 859 −1.04% 1911 796 −1.51% 1921 804 +0.10% 1926 846 +1.02% 1931 851 +0.12% 1936 738 −2.81% 1946 576 −2.45% 1954 609 +0.70% 1962 636 +0.54% 1968 713 +1.92% 1975 687 −0.53% 1982 935 +4.50% 1990 1,252 +3.72% 1999 1,211 −0.37% 2007 1,506 +2.76% 2012 1,547 +0.54% 2017 1,520 −0.35%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Economy

The commune is part of the Languedoc AOC.

Sites and monuments

Remain of Saint Peter's church

• The Remains of the Church of Saint Peter (Middle Ages) are registered as an historical monument.
• The Chateau of Armissan
• The War Memorial (20th century) is registered as an historical object.

The Church of Saint-Etienne contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Tombstone of René de Chefdebien (1615)
• Statues (18th-19th century)
• An Altar Painting: Saints Pierre and Etienne (17th century)
• A box for holy oils (1684)
• A Ciborium (1654)
• A Ciborium (17th century)
• A Bronze Bell (1732)
• A Sacristy Washbasin (15th century)
• A Statue/Reliquary: Saint Roch (18th century)
• 4 Altar Candlesticks and a Cross (17th century)
• 6 Altar Candlesticks and a Cross (17th century)

See also

• Communes of the Aude department

External links

• Armissan official website (in French)
• Armissan on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Armißan on the 1750 Cassini Map