Antras, Ariège

Antras
The Marble Cross in the village square The Marble Cross in the village square
Antras
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Antras
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Castillon-en-Couserans
Intercommunality	Castillonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Marc Woiry
Area1	20.02 km2 (7.73 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	62
• Density	3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	09011 / 09800
Elevation	777–2,268 m (2,549–7,441 ft) (avg. 900 m or 3,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Antras (Antràs in Occitan) is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southwestern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Antrasois or Antrasoises

Geography

Antras is located some 25 km south-east of Saint-Gaudens, 20 km north-east of Bagneres-de-Luchon, and only 1 km from the Spanish border. It was part of the former province of Couserans in the Biros Valley. No district roads or highways pass through the commune and the only access to the village is by a mountain road (the Route d'Antras) from the D4 road at Sentein. There are few roads in the commune with some mountain tracks and unformed roads. The commune is mountainous and heavily forested.

The Ruisseau d'Antras flows from the commune down to Sentein where it joins the Lez which continues to Saint-Girons where it joins the Salat river.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Antras

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Aimé Cep
2008	2020	Marc Woiry

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010, the commune had 62 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.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
309	301	402	390	377	418	412	402	394

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
379	355	376	355	349	356	351	320	308

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
279	263	242	198	184	165	157	114	107

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
75	59	45	48	60	58	67	62	-

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

File:Population - Municipality code 09011.svg

Population of Antras

Sites and Monuments

• A Marble Cross (1785) is registered as an historical monument.
• A Romanesque Parish Church. The church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • 6 Candlesticks (18th century)
  • An Altar, Retable, Tabernacle, Altar dais, a Painting, and 2 Statues (18th century)
  • A Sculpture: Chrisme (12th century)
  • A Chalice with Paten (19th century)
  • An Ampulla of Saint Chrême (19th century)
  • A Statue: Virgin and child (18th century)

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

External links

• Antras on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Antras on Lion1906
• Antras on Google Maps
• Antras on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Antras on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Antras on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)