Bagnoles

Bagnoles
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Bagnoles
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Coordinates: 43°16′20″N2°26′15″E / 43.2722°N 2.4375°E / 43.2722; 2.4375
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	Le Haut-Minervois
Intercommunality	Carcassonne Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Henri Toustou[1]
Area ^1	5.63 km^2 (2.17 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	300
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11025 /11600
Elevation	110–222 m (361–728 ft) (avg. 118 m or 387 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bagnoles (French pronunciation:[baɲɔl]^ⓘ; Occitan: Banhòlas) is a commune in the Audedepartment in the Occitanie region of southern France.

Geography

Bagnoles is located some 10 km north-east of Carcassonne just east of Conques-sur-Orbiel. Access to the commune is by the D35 road from Conques-sur-Orbiel which passes through the village and continues north-east to Villarzel-Cabardès. The D37 comes from Malves-en-Minervois in the south and passes through the village before continuing north to join the D620 which continues to Villegly. The east of the commune is forested with the remaining two-thirds of the commune farmland.^[3]

The Clamoux river flows from north to south through the commune passing through the village then forming part of the south-western border as it flows south to join the Orbiel west of Bouilhonnac. Several streams rise in the east of the commune and flow west to join the Clamoux including the Ruisseau de la Clauze and the Ruisseau de Picharelle which forms part of the southern border of the commune.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry

Arms of Bagnoles

The official status of the blazon remains to be determined. Blazon:Gules, a roundel Argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2008	Georges Escande
2008	2020	Serge Sarran
2020	2026	Henri Toustou

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bagnolois or Bagnoloises in French.^[5]

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 238 —     1800 222 −0.99% 1806 275 +3.63% 1821 285 +0.24% 1831 234 −1.95% 1836 225 −0.78% 1841 231 +0.53% 1846 203 −2.55% 1851 232 +2.71% 1856 228 −0.35% 1861 224 −0.35% 1866 207 −1.57% 1872 218 +0.87% 1876 241 +2.54% 1881 256 +1.21% 1886 254 −0.16% 1891 197 −4.96% 1896 177 −2.12%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 190 +1.43% 1906 194 +0.42% 1911 183 −1.16% 1921 219 +1.81% 1926 233 +1.25% 1931 256 +1.90% 1936 230 −2.12% 1946 224 −0.26% 1954 247 +1.23% 1962 223 −1.27% 1968 210 −1.00% 1975 211 +0.07% 1982 216 +0.34% 1990 198 −1.08% 1999 188 −0.57% 2007 189 +0.07% 2012 274 +7.71% 2017 308 +2.37%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Economy

Bagnoles is located in the Indication géographique protégée (Protected Geographic Zone) (IGP) for Languedoc-Roussillon wine for Coteaux-de-Peyriac.

See also

• Communes of the Aude department

External links

• Bagnoles on the old National Geographic Institute website(in French)
• Bagnoles on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Bagniolles on the 1750 Cassini Map

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France(in French)
5. Le nom des habitants du 11 - Aude, habitants.fr
6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bagnoles, EHESS(in French).
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE