Barbaira


Barbaira is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barbairanais or Barbairanaises.

Geography

Barbaira is located in the Corbières Massif, at the foot of Mount Alaric in the urban area of Carcassonne some 15 km east of the city. Access to the commune is by the D6113 road from Floure in the west which passes through the north of the commune and the village before continuing east to Capendu. The A61 autoroute passes through the centre of the commune from west to east but there is no exit in the commune. The nearest exit is Exit some 7 km to the west of the commune which links to the D6113. A railway passes through commune and the village from west to east but has no station in or near the commune. The commune is farmland in the north with the slopes of the mountain in the south forested.
The Aude river forms the northern border of the commune as it flows east to join the Mediterranean Sea south-west of Valras-Plage. Several streams rise in the south of the commune and flow north to join the Aude including the Ruisseau de la Pelliere. The Ruisseau de Saint-Jean rises in the far south-east of the commune and flows north then east to join the Ruisseau de la Tuilerie.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors
FromToName
17921796Pierre Agussol
17961797Laurens Marty
17971798Jean Besiat
17981800Pierre Agussol
18001806François Bel
18061813Noël Bel
18131816Pierre Agussol
18161818Pierre Huillet
18181819Jacques Huillet
18191821Jean Baptiste Dalbès
18211826Jacques Cabrié
18261829Jacques Huillet
18291830Louis Pascal Marty
18301840Antoine Bel
18401846Adrien Bel
18461869Philippe Aybram
18691870Pierre Robert
18701871Alcide Jeantet
18711876Pierre Bel
18761882Alcide Jeantot
18821884Maurice Prouzet
18841888Félix Joucla
18881892Maurice Prouzet
18921900Casimir Rigaud
19001919Auguste Robert
19191936François Sarda

;Mayors from 1936
FromToNamePartyPosition
19361944Etienne Daydé
19441953François Viguier
19531965Jean Vibes
19651995Emile Bacquier
19952014Robert Amouroux
20142020Jacques Fabre

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 733 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.

Economy

Industry

There is a Compressor station for the TIGF natural gas network.

Agriculture

The commune is part of the zone for the qualitative names:

Civil heritage