Ansignan

Ansignan is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France.

Geography

Ansignan is located in the canton of Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Ansignan and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Seal of Ansignan in 1815

Communal administration

The town council of Ansignan is composed in 2014 of eleven councilors : seven men (the mayor, two deputy mayors and four councilors) and four women (four councilors).

Mayors

Signature of mayor Joseph Grand (Jr.) in 1815

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Joseph Grand	1792	1795
Pierre Grand	1795	1799
Marc Babulet	1799	1801
Joseph Grand	1801	1813
Joseph Grand Jr.	1813	1815
Jean Raspaud	1815	1816
Pierre Barbaza	1816	1835
Jacques Gandou	1835	1841
Jean-BaptisteFage	1841	1846
Joseph Pratx	1846	1850
Saturnin Carol	1850	1850
Joseph Merou	1850	1850
Pierre Estève	1850	1851
Joseph Barbaza	1851	1852
Pierre Estève	1852	1856
François Bascou	1856	1865
Pierre Vaysse	1865	1876
JosephBarbaza	1876	1884
André Gelly	1884	1888
Jean-François Dauliac	1888	1895
Pierre Pech	1895	1908
Célestin Calvet	1908	1912
Jacques-Louis Pech	1912	1929
Etienne Bascou	1935	1977
Guy Barbaza	1977	1999
Guy Audouy	1999	2001
Mauricette Pelissier	2001	2014
Jean-Pierre Pilart	2014

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1794	221	—
1800	248	+12.2%
1806	276	+11.3%
1820	277	+0.4%
1831	317	+14.4%
1836	306	−3.5%
1841	307	+0.3%
1846	288	−6.2%
1851	301	+4.5%
1856	271	−10.0%
1861	287	+5.9%
1866	293	+2.1%
1872	295	+0.7%
1876	273	−7.5%
1881	276	+1.1%
1886	281	+1.8%
1891	289	+2.8%
1896	274	−5.2%
1901	300	+9.5%
1906	278	−7.3%
1911	248	−10.8%
1921	252	+1.6%
1926	246	−2.4%
1931	268	+8.9%
1936	263	−1.9%
1946	245	−6.8%
1954	229	−6.5%
1962	225	−1.7%
1968	259	+15.1%
1975	225	−13.1%
1982	194	−13.8%
1990	212	+9.3%
1999	198	−6.6%
2006	186	−6.1%
2009	190	+2.2%

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

• INSEE commune file