Labastide-Esparbairenque

Labastide-Esparbairenque
Commune
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Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	La Vallée de l'Orbiel
Intercommunality	Haut Cabardès
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Régis Huc
Area 1	16.77 km2 (6.47 sq mi)
Population  (2008)2	83
• Density	4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11180 /11380
Elevation	300–984 m (984–3,228 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Labastide-Esparbairenque is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

The artist colony in the village, La Muse, was set up 16 years ago, by the writers John Fanning and Kerry Eielson.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	88	—
1968	113	+28.4%
1975	90	−20.4%
1982	86	−4.4%
1990	94	+9.3%
1999	103	+9.6%
2008	83	−19.4%

See also

• Communes of the Aude department

References

• INSEE

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