Antichan-de-Frontignes

Antichan-de-Frontignes
Commune
A general view of Antichan-de-Frontignes
Location of Antichan-de-Frontignes
Antichan-de-Frontignes Antichan-de-Frontignes
Coordinates: 42°58′27″N 0°39′58″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Saint-Gaudens
Canton	Bagnères-de-Luchon
Intercommunality	Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Dumail
Area 1	4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	188
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31009 /31510
Elevation	533–1,655 m (1,749–5,430 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Antichan-de-Frontignes (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃tiʃɑ̃ də fʁɔ̃tiɲ]; Occitan: Antishan de Frontinhas) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Geography

Entry to Antichan-de-Frontignes

Antichan-de-Frontignes is located at the foot of the Pyrenees in the Comminges region some 40 km east by south-east of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and 19 km south by south-west of Saint-Gaudens. Access to the commune is by the D618 road which branches from the D331 east of Ore and goes to the village then continues north-east by a roundabout route to Juzet-d'Izaut. There is also a local road going from the D618 north of the village to Saint-Pé-d'Ardet. Most of the commune is heavily forested however there is some farmland near the village.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
2001	2026	Bernard Dumail

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Antichanais or Antichanaises in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 241 —     1800 250 +0.53% 1806 242 −0.54% 1821 288 +1.17% 1831 349 +1.94% 1836 336 −0.76% 1841 335 −0.06% 1846 330 −0.30% 1851 333 +0.18% 1856 320 −0.79% 1861 318 −0.13% 1866 364 +2.74% 1872 309 −2.69% 1876 324 +1.19% 1881 293 −1.99% 1886 286 −0.48% 1891 281 −0.35% 1896 274 −0.50%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 258 −1.20% 1906 282 +1.79% 1911 262 −1.46% 1921 241 −0.83% 1926 238 −0.25% 1931 244 +0.50% 1936 240 −0.33% 1946 112 −7.34% 1954 103 −1.04% 1962 96 −0.88% 1968 92 −0.71% 1975 71 −3.63% 1982 75 +0.79% 1990 73 −0.34% 1999 84 +1.57% 2007 82 −0.30% 2012 91 +2.10% 2017 157 +11.52%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

The Town Hall and School

A Street in Antichan-de-Frontignes

Antichan-de-Frontignes War Memorial

Sites and monuments

The Church of Notre Dame of the Assumption

• The village is the point of departure for a hiking trail which crosses the Col des Ares 4.5 km from the village then continues to the summits of the Pic du Gar and the Saillant Peak.
• The Church of Notre-Dame of the Assumption

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

External links

• Antichan-de-Frontignes on the old IGN website (in French)
• Antichan-de-Frontignes on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Antichan-de-Frontignes on the 1750 Cassini Map