Ercé

Ercé ; Èrce
region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Est
Community association	Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates	42 ° 51 ′ N , 1 ° 17 ′ E Coordinates: 42 ° 51 ′ N , 1 ° 17 ′ E
height	574-1,905 m
surface	40.75 km 2
Residents	539 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	09140
INSEE code	09113
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Ercé ( Occitan : Èrce ) is a French commune with 539 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , to the community association of Couserans-Pyrénées and to the canton of Couserans Est (until 2015: canton of Oust ). The inhabitants are called Ercéens / Ercéennes .

geography

Ercé is located around 85 kilometers south of the city of Toulouse in the west of the Ariège department. The municipality consists of the village of Ercé, numerous hamlets and scattered settlements as well as individual farms and is located on the Garbet river . The middle and upper sections of the Vallée du Garbet are part of the municipality. Ercé is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are mountainous and forested. The highest point is La Pique (also called Mont Béas ) in the southeast of the municipality. In terms of traffic, the community is on the D32.

Ercé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Aleu in the north, Biert and Massat in the northeast, Le Port in the east, Aulus-les-Bains in the south, Ustou in the southwest, Oust in the west and northwest and Soulan in the northwest.

history

In the Middle Ages, the place was within the province of Couserans, which in turn was part of the province of Gascony. The parish was part of the Saint-Girons district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Ercé was within the Canton of Oust from 1793 to 2015 . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801.

Population development

year	1793	1800	1831	1846	1851	1881	1891	1911	1921	1936	1946	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Residents	3,245	3,780	3,256	3,945	3,232	3,106	2,630	2,634	1,703	1,584	1,043	1,016	1.012	990	750	566	532	529	533
Sources: Cassini and INSEE