Arabaux (; oc, Aravaut) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the Ariège department in the

Occitanie Occitanie may refer to: *Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French *Occitania (administrative region) Occitania ( ; french: Occitanie ; oc, Occitània ; ca, Occitània ) is the southernmost administrative region of ...

region of southwestern

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arabausois'' or ''Arabausoises''

Geography

Arabaux is some 20 km south of

Pamiers Pamiers (; oc, Pàmias ) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although i ...

and 2 km north-east of

Foix Foix (; oc, Fois ; ca, Foix ) is a commune, the former capital of the County of Foix. It is the capital of the department of Ariège as it is the seat of the Préfecture of that department. Foix is located in the Occitanie region of south ...

to which urban area it belongs. National Highway N20 passes through the south-western corner of the commune partly in a tunnel but it has no exit in the commune with the nearest exit No. 10 south of

Saint-Jean-de-Verges Saint-Jean-de-Verges (; Languedocien: ''Sent Joan de Verges'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Saint-Jean-de-Verges station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol. Population Inhabitants ...

. The D1 road goes from Foix through the south of the commune and continues east to Carla-de-Roquefort. Access to the village is by country roads - one from the NR20 Exit 10 and one from the D1 on the eastern border. The commune is heavily forested in the centre and west with the rest of the land farmland.Google Maps
/ref> The ''Alses'' river passes through the centre of the commune from east to west then turns north forming part of the western border to join the Ariège near the NR20 Exit 10. The ''Ruisseau d'Araboux'' rises west of the village and flows north-west to join the Ariege.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

Bernard de Lordat, co-lord of

Lordat Lordat is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ariège department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Ariège department of France France (), offi ...

, received Arabaux in around 1250, after an exchange with the

count of Foix The Count of Foix ruled the independent County of Foix, in what is now Southern France, during the Middle Ages. The House of Foix eventually extended its power across the Pyrenees mountain range, joining the House of Bearn and moving their court ...

and thus became the lord.

Administration

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Demography

In 2017 the commune had 76 inhabitants.

References

{{authority control Communes of Ariège (department)