Artix 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

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in the

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region of south-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Articois'' or ''Articoises''.

Geography

Artix is located some 7 km south-west 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 it ...

and 4 km south of

Saint-Victor-Rouzaud Saint-Victor-Rouzaud (; Languedocien: ''Sent Victor e Rosaud'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Population Inhabitants Saint-Victor-Rouzaud are called ''Saint-Victoriens''. See also *Communes of the Ariège ...

. Access to the commune is by the D13 road from Saint-Victor-Rouzaud in the north and passing through from the northern to the eastern edge of the commune continuing to Rieux-de-Pelleport in the south-east. Access to the village is by the Souleille de Touron country road branching off the D13 and going west to the village and continuing west to join the D431. There is the hamlet of Le Prieu on the northern border of the commune. The commune is mixed farmland and forest.Google Maps
/ref> The ''Ruisseau de Babots'' rises in the north of the commune and flows north to join the ''Estrique''. The ''Ruisseau de Grave'' forms the western border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the Estrique. The ''Ruisseau d'Artix'' rises in the south of the commune and flows north-east gathering tributaries continuing east to join the Ariège near Rieux-de-Pelleport.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

The village of Artix seems to be old as it was apparently present in 960 in the will of the

Bishop of Toulouse The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toulouse (–Saint Bertrand de Comminges–Rieux) ( la, Archidioecesis Tolosana (–Convenarum–Rivensis); French: ''Archidiocèse de Toulouse (–Saint-Bertrand de Comminges–Rieux-Volvestre)''; Occitan: ''A ...

(Hugues). The

French Wars of Religion The French Wars of Religion is the term which is used in reference to a period of civil war between French Catholic Church, Catholics and Protestantism, Protestants, commonly called Huguenots, which lasted from 1562 to 1598. According to estim ...

ravaged the commune: in 1562 the Protestants pillaged crops. The church was also destroyed. Finally in 1621 the Baron of Léran plundered the Chateau of Artix.

Administration

List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 141 inhabitants. Artix, Ariege, War Memorial

References

External links

Artix on the National Geographic Institute website

Artix on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Artix'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Artix, Ariege Communes of Ariège (department)