Antichan-de-Frontignes | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Gaudens |
Canton: | Bagnères-de-Luchon |
Insee: | 31009 |
Postal Code: | 31510 |
Mayor: | Bernard Dumail[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises |
Coordinates: | 42.9742°N 0.6661°W |
Elevation M: | 600 |
Elevation Min M: | 533 |
Elevation Max M: | 1655 |
Area Km2: | 4.27 |
Antichan-de-Frontignes (in French pronounced as /ɑ̃tiʃɑ̃ də fʁɔ̃tiɲ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Antishan de Frontinhas) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
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.[2]
List of Successive Mayors[3]
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Antichanais or Antichanaises in French.[4]