Camurac
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aude | |
| Arrondissement | Limoux | |
| Canton | La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude | |
| Community association | Pyrénées Audoises | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 48 ' N , 1 ° 55' E | |
| height | 1,134-1,764 m | |
| surface | 11.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 98 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 8 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 11340 | |
| INSEE code | 11066 | |
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Camurac is a French commune with 98 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aude department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the community association Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises . Camurac has the only winter sports area in the Pyrenees in the Aude department. The tourist name for the region around Camurac is Pays Cathare .
geography
Camurac is located in southern France in the Pyrenees in the Pays d'Aillou countryside on the western edge of the Aude department, 98 kilometers southeast of Toulouse , 37.4 kilometers southwest of Limoux , the seat of the sub-prefecture of the Arrondissements , and 3.9 kilometers southwest of Belcaire , the capital of the canton , at an average altitude of 1449 meters above sea level . The Mairie stands at an altitude of 1221 meters. Neighboring communities of Camurac are Comus in the northwest, Belcaire in the northeast, La Fajolle in the southeast and Montaillou in the west. Montaillou is already in the neighboring Ariège department . The municipality has an area of 1161 hectares.
The municipality is assigned to a climate zone of the type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger) : warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 179 | 160 | 176 | 134 | 149 | 132 | 119 | 98 |
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Culture and sights
Camurac Castle dates from the 16th century. It is privately owned and is now used as a holiday colony and guesthouse.
In the center of the village there is a wayside cross that was erected in 1771. It was classified as a historic monument in 1976 . There are other listed buildings in the Saint-Just-Saint-Pasteur church . This includes a silver ciborium that was made between 1809 and 1819, a silver chalice that was made between 1819 and 1838, and an altarpiece from the last quarter of the 17th century. Justus and Pastor were two Spanish martyrs.
Economy and Infrastructure
In 2009, 62.5 percent of the workforce were employed in the municipality, the rest were commuters . 9.1 percent of the employees were unemployed .
There is a sports shop and a primary school in Camurac. The nearest train station is in the municipality of Ax-les-Thermes, 10.5 kilometers away . The nearest airport is Carcassonne Airport, 56.3 kilometers away .
Local products
Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for ham (Jambon de Bayonne) , Tomme des Pyrénées and wines with the designation Pays d'Oc and Aude apply in the municipality .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Villes et villages de caractère. In: Aude Pays cathare. Comité Départemental du Tourisme de l'Aude, accessed March 7, 2013 (French).
- ↑ a b c Le village de Camurac. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved March 7, 2013 (French).
- ↑ The Château. In: chateaudecamurac.com. Retrieved March 7, 2013 .
- ↑ Entry No. 11066 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Justus of Madrid in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- ↑ Commune: Comus (11066). Theme: Tous les thèmes. In: Insee.fr. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques , accessed on March 7, 2013 (French).