Arrout

Arrout
Commune
A general view of Arrout
Coat of arms
Location of Arrout
Arrout Arrout
Coordinates: 42°56′44″N 1°01′43″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Ouest
Intercommunality	CC Couserans - Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrice Savarino
Area 1	3.02 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	92
• Density	30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09018 /09800
Elevation	480–959 m (1,575–3,146 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arrout (French pronunciation: [aʁu]; Occitan: Arrot) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Geography

A Street in Arrout

Arrout is a commune in the Pyrenees mountains in the former province of Couserans some 12 km south-west of Saint-Girons and 3 km north of Castillon-en-Couserans. Access to the commune is by a country road from the end of the D404, which comes from Cescau in the south-east, to the village or by the Chemin d'Arrout from Audressein in the south. There is also a country road from Alas in the north-east. The commune is rugged and heavily forested throughout.

The Lez river forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the Salat at Saint-Girons. The Cayssau stream rises in the north-west and forms the north-western border before joining the Ruisseau de Lachein. The Ruisseau de Lasquert rises in the centre of the commune and flows north-east to join the Ruisseau de Lachein which flows south-west to join the Lez.

Heraldry

Arms of Arrout

Blazon: Quarterly, 1 and 4 Azure with a roundel of Or; 2 and 3 Argent with an eagle of Sable.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2010	Georges Garié
2010	2020	Christiane Vignau
2020	2026	Patrice Savarino

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arrotois or Arrotoises in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 223 —     1800 215 −0.52% 1806 242 +1.99% 1821 89 −6.45% 1831 245 +10.66% 1836 267 +1.73% 1841 315 +3.36% 1846 312 −0.19% 1851 296 −1.05% 1856 316 +1.32% 1861 297 −1.23% 1866 264 −2.33% 1872 262 −0.13% 1876 277 +1.40% 1881 265 −0.88% 1886 254 −0.84% 1891 261 +0.55% 1896 256 −0.39%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 251 −0.39% 1906 204 −4.06% 1911 202 −0.20% 1921 166 −1.94% 1926 145 −2.67% 1931 125 −2.92% 1936 110 −2.52% 1946 103 −0.66% 1954 85 −2.37% 1962 68 −2.75% 1968 52 −4.37% 1975 44 −2.36% 1982 47 +0.95% 1990 64 +3.93% 1999 60 −0.71% 2007 65 +1.01% 2012 76 +3.18% 2017 85 +2.26%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

The Town Hall

The Lavoir (Public Laundry)

The Arrout War Memorial

Culture and Heritage

Arrout is one of the communes who received the Green Star of Esperanto from Esperanto info, an award given to mayors of communes who take a census of Esperanto speakers.

Religious Heritage

Arrout Church

The Church contains three items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Chalice with Paten (17th century)
• A Ciborium (17th century)
• A Templar door (12th century)

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

External links

• Arrout on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Arrout official website Archived 11 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
• Arrout on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Arrout on the 1750 Cassini Map