Arrout
Arrout (French pronunciation: [aʁu]; Occitan: Arrot) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
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Coordinates: 42°56′44″N 1°01′43″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Ariège |
Arrondissement | Saint-Girons |
Canton | Couserans Ouest |
Intercommunality | CC Couserans - Pyrénées |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrice Savarino[1] |
Area 1 | 3.02 km2 (1.17 sq mi) |
Population | 90 |
• Density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 09018 /09800 |
Elevation | 480–959 m (1,575–3,146 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arrotois or Arrotoises[3]
Geography

Arrout is a commune in the Pyrenees mountains in the former province of Couserans some 12 km south-west of Saint-Girons and 3 km north of Castillon-en-Couserans. Access to the commune is by a country road from the end of the D404, which comes from Cescau in the south-east, to the village or by the Chemin d'Arrout from Audressein in the south. There is also a country road from Alas in the north-east. The commune is rugged and heavily forested throughout.[4]
The Lez river forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the Salat at Saint-Girons. The Cayssau stream rises in the north-west and forms the north-western border before joining the Ruisseau de Lachein. The Ruisseau de Lasquert rises in the centre of the commune and flows north-east to join the Ruisseau de Lachein which flows south-west to join the Lez.[4]
Neighbouring communes and villages
Heraldry
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Blazon: Quarterly, 1 and 4 Azure with a roundel of Or; 2 and 3 Argent with an eagle of Sable.
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Administration
List of Successive Mayors[5]
From | To | Name |
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2001 | 2010 | Georges Garié |
2010 | 2020 | Christiane Vignau |
2020 | 2026 | Patrice Savarino |
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 85 inhabitants.
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Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7] |



Culture and Heritage
Arrout is one of the communes who received the Green Star of Esperanto from Esperanto info, an award given to mayors of communes who take a census of Esperanto speakers.
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- Inhabitants of Ariège (in French)
- Google Maps
- List of Mayors of France (in French)
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arrout, EHESS (in French).
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000034 Chalice with Paten (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000033 Ciborium (in French)
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000021 Templar door (in French)
External links
- Arrout on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
- Arrout official website Archived 11 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Arrout on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Arrout on the 1750 Cassini Map
