Quérigut

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Quérigut
Commune
A general view of Quérigut
Location of Quérigut
(2020–2026)		Jean-François Bataille^[1]
Area ¹	36.4 km² (14.1 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	138
• Density	3.8/km² (9.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09239 /09460
Elevation	1,022–2,359 m (3,353–7,740 ft) (avg. 1,250 m or 4,100 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quérigut (French pronunciation: [keʁigyt]; Occitan: Quergut) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

History

Donezan, of which Quérigut is the capital, was a dependency of the crown of Aragon. In 1208, king Pierre II of Aragon ceded the territory to the count of Foix who must pay him homage, in exchange for his neutrality in the succession problems of the Count of Urgel. This sovereignty then passed to the kings of Navarre, through the marriage of Gaston IV, Count of Foix, with Eléonore, heiress to the kingdom of Navarre, which was subsequently united with the kingdom of France by Henry IV, together with the lands of the houses of Foix and Albret.

In June 1944, a maquis resistance was formed in the Quérigut region by Marcel Taillandier, leader of the Secret army in Toulouse. Donezan will also be a fallback place for the Picaussel maquis after its attack in August 1944. Finally, numerous passages will be made to Spain from Quérigut.

Population

Inhabitants are called Quérigutois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	197	—
1968	234	+18.8%
1975	171	−26.9%
1982	153	−10.5%
1990	142	−7.2%
1999	116	−18.3%
2008	139	+19.8%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.