Fontjoncouse

Fontjoncouse

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Fontjoncouse

Coordinates: 43°02′57″N 2°47′21″E / 43.0492°N 2.7892°E / 43.0492; 2.7892Coordinates: 43°02′57″N 2°47′21″E / 43.0492°N 2.7892°E / 43.0492; 2.7892
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Aude
Arrondissement Narbonne
Canton Durban-Corbières
Intercommunality Contrée de Durban-Corbières
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Eric Brissot
Area1 27.35 km2 (10.56 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 131
  Density 4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 11152 / 11360
Elevation 69–420 m (226–1,378 ft)
(avg. 307 m or 1,007 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.

Fontjoncouse is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Fontjoncouse has gained a reputation in the culinary world, as it is the location of Gilles Goujon's three-Michelin starred restaurant, L'Auberge du Vieux Puits.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962109    
1968141+29.4%
1975110−22.0%
198291−17.3%
1990102+12.1%
1999119+16.7%
2008131+10.1%

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