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Orsans | |
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| Coordinates: 43°09′44″N1°58′59″E / 43.1622°N 1.9831°E Coordinates: 43°09′44″N1°58′59″E / 43.1622°N 1.9831°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| Canton | La Piège au Razès |
| Intercommunality | Piège et Lauragais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean Bonnafil |
| Area 1 | 9.94 km2 (3.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01) [1] | 104 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11268 /11270 |
| Elevation | 304–400 m (997–1,312 ft) (avg. 355 m or 1,165 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Orsans is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
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Orsans is a small hamlet in the south of France, it used to be an important village with a school and many farming supplies, but now is just a small farming community. There is a medieval church and there used to be a large windmill on the hill, which is now gone, however the storage house, (which was also a cowshed for a while) remains, now converted into a house. There is a statue in the square which celebrates the ceased or injured form Orsans in WW1. A small stream runs through the hills that are used for farming. On top of the largest hill in or sans there is a large old water tower, that is surrounded by cows.
