Barjac, Ariège 2.29

Barjac is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barjacois or Barjacoises.GeographyBarjac is located in the old Volvestre region of Languedoc some 10 km north of Saint-Girons and 60 km south by south-west of Toulouse. Access to the commuen is by the D303A which branches off the D3 west of the commune and passes through the commune east then south to join the D303 to La Crouzette south-east of the commune. It is a part of the Natural Regional Park of Pyrénées ariégeoises. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.The Grande Goutte stream forms the western border of the commune as it flows north to join Le Lens river north of the commune. Le Macaoude stream similarly forms the eastern border as it flows north to join Le Lens just north of the commune.HistoryBarzac appears as Barzac on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.DemographyIn 2010 the commune had 36 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.