Albières


Albières is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Albiérois or Albiéroises

Geography

Albières is a remote commune high in the mountains some 40 km south by south-east of Carcassonne and 40 km west by south west of Port-la-Nouvelle in a direct line. The road distance is substantially more. The D129 road running north-west from Pont d'Orbieau forms the north-eastern border of the commune but to enter the commune the D613 road branches off this road heading south-west to the village of Albières. The D613 continues west through the commune to Arques and is the only access route to the commune. There is quite an extensive network of small mountain roads in the commune. The commune is mountainous with alpine vegetation, no farming areas, and some forested areas.
There are many streams flowing through the commune with the Ruisseau d'Albières flowing through the village and north, joined by several other streams and joining L'Orbieu river which flows northwards to join the Aude near Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude.

Neighbouring communes and towns

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Albières
FromToName
17911791Blaise Calmont-
17921793Jean-Pierre Alquier-
17941796Jean-Pierre Villefranque-
17971797Barthélémy Alquier-
17981798Jean Villefranque-
17991800Amiel-
18011802Villefranque-
18031804Jean-Pierre Villefranque-
18051805Amiel-
18061820Magna-
18211830Féréol Malet-
18311831Jacques Auriol-
18321838Villefranque-
18391846Amiel-
18471848Pierre Villefranque-
18491855Amiel-
18561856Roques-
18571862Barthélémy Amiel-
18631864Joseph Roques-
18651870Jean-Baptiste Bascou-
18701878François Laffon-
18781880Célestin Villefranque-
18811884Etienne Azais-
18851886Jean-Baptiste Bascou-
18871887Martin Burgat-
18871891Auguste Malet-
18921897Constantin Guichou-
18981903Antoine Auriol-
19041912Léon Burgat-
19121914Raynaud-
19141918François Azais-
19181918Jean Raynaud-
19191938Ernest Rougé-

;Mayors from 1938
FromToNamePartyPosition
19381955Bertin Pistre
19551971Arthème Moulins
19711983Léon Pistre
19831995Marcel Floutie
1995CurrentJacques VillefranquePS

Population

Sites and Monuments