Lézignan-Corbières

Lézignan-Corbières (French pronunciation: [leziɲɑ̃ kɔʁbjɛʁ] ⓘ; Occitan: Lesinhan de las Corbièras) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Situated in the Corbières wine region not far from Narbonne, it has a Vine and Wine Museum (Musée de la Vigne et du Vin).

Lézignan-Corbières
Commune
The church in Lézignan-Corbières
The church in Lézignan-Corbières
Coat of arms of Lézignan-Corbières
Coat of arms
Location of Lézignan-Corbières
Lézignan-Corbières is located in France
Lézignan-Corbières
Lézignan-Corbières
Lézignan-Corbières is located in Occitanie
Lézignan-Corbières
Lézignan-Corbières
Coordinates: 43°12′05″N 2°45′30″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementNarbonne
CantonLe Lézignanais
IntercommunalityRégion Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gérard Forcada[1]
Area
1
37.68 km2 (14.55 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
11,112
 • Density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
11203 /11200
Elevation19–187 m (62–614 ft)
(avg. 51 m or 167 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The river Orbieu flows northeast through the southeastern part of the commune and forms part of its eastern border. Lézignan-Corbières station has rail connections to Toulouse, Carcassonne and Narbonne.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,379—    
1800 1,505+1.26%
1806 1,668+1.73%
1821 1,669+0.00%
1831 1,792+0.71%
1836 2,269+4.83%
1841 2,168−0.91%
1846 2,442+2.41%
1851 2,537+0.77%
1856 2,754+1.65%
1861 3,016+1.83%
1866 3,934+5.46%
1872 3,969+0.15%
1876 4,670+4.15%
1881 6,286+6.12%
1886 6,569+0.88%
1891 4,792−6.11%
1896 4,857+0.27%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,951+0.38%
1906 6,339+5.07%
1911 6,787+1.38%
1921 7,039+0.37%
1926 7,152+0.32%
1931 7,227+0.21%
1936 7,248+0.06%
1946 6,986−0.37%
1954 6,682−0.55%
1962 6,939+0.47%
1968 7,558+1.43%
1975 7,355−0.39%
1982 7,514+0.31%
1990 7,881+0.60%
1999 8,266+0.53%
2007 9,712+2.04%
2012 10,883+2.30%
2017 11,168+0.52%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Sport

Football Club de Lézignan (also known as Lézignan Sangliers - the Wild Boars) are a semi-professional rugby league club based in Lézignan-Corbières. They became French Champions for the first time in 30 years at the end of the 2007-2008 national competition.

Lezignan 9s is a rugby league nines tournament.

A FlyZone Indoor Skydiving Windtunnel has opened in November 2011 http://www.flyzone.fr/

Education

Schools include:[5]

Public preschools (école maternelle):

  • Ecole Maternelle Alphonse Daudet
  • Ecole Escouto Can Plaou
  • Ecole Maternelle Françoise Dolto

Public primary schools (école primaire):

  • Ecole Frédéric Mistral (from CP to CE1)
  • Ecole Marie-Curie (from CE2 to CM2)

Public junior high schools (collège):

There is one public senior high school/sixth form college, Lycée Ernest Ferroul.

Private schools:

  • L'Institut l'Amandier (collège-lycée)
  • Ecole Privée Sainte Thérèse (maternelle-primaire)

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lézignan-Corbières, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. "Écoles-Collèges-Lycées-C.F.A.." Lézignan-Corbières. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
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