Avignonet () is a commune in the

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department in the

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region of south-eastern

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Geography

Avignonet is located some 25 km south of

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and 8 km north of Monestier-de-Clermont. Access to the commune is by the

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(E712) which passes south through the western arm of the commune and has Exit Sinard on the commune border. Access to the village is by road D110A from Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze in the north which comes down the western border of the commune to the village. The D110C goes east from Sinard to the dam through the south of the commune. Avignonet station has rail connections to Toulouse, Carcassonne and Narbonne. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Le Cros and Le Mas in the south-east. There are large forests in the east of the commune with the rest of the commune farmland.Google Maps
/ref> The eastern border of the commune is entirely formed by the Drac river and the large artificial Monteynard lake formed by the dam on the Drac river. Several streams rise in the commune and flow east to the lake including the ''Ruisseau d'Aiguettas'', the ''Ruisseau de Mitraire'', the ''Ruisseau de la Proche'', and the ''Ruisseau des Vaux'' which forms part of the northern border.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Avignonetins'' or ''Avignonetines'' in French. In 2017 the commune had 197 inhabitants. In 1962 its population peaked at 951, which was due to construction workers for the Lac de Monteynard-Avignonet reservoir. Passerelle du Drac

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage