| Arrout | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Arrout (Ariège).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Saint-Girons |
| Canton: | Couserans Ouest |
| Insee: | 09018 |
| Postal Code: | 09800 |
| Mayor: | Patrice Savarino[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CC Couserans - Pyrénées |
| Coordinates: | 42.9456°N 1.0286°W |
| Elevation M: | 600 |
| Elevation Min M: | 480 |
| Elevation Max M: | 959 |
| Area Km2: | 3.02 |
Arrout (in French pronounced as /aʁu/; Occitan (post 1500);: Arrot) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
Arrout is a commune in the Pyrenees mountains in the former province of Couserans some 12 km south-west of Saint-Girons and 3 km north of Castillon-en-Couserans. Access to the commune is by a country road from the end of the D404, which comes from Cescau in the south-east, to the village or by the Chemin d'Arrout from Audressein in the south. There is also a country road from Alas in the north-east. The commune is rugged and heavily forested throughout.[2]
The Lez river forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the Salat at Saint-Girons. The Cayssau stream rises in the north-west and forms the north-western border before joining the Ruisseau de Lachein. The Ruisseau de Lasquert rises in the centre of the commune and flows north-east to join the Ruisseau de Lachein which flows south-west to join the Lez.[2]
List of Successive Mayors[3]
| From | To | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2010 | Georges Garié | |
| 2010 | 2020 | Christiane Vignau | |
| 2020 | 2026 | Patrice Savarino |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arrotois or Arrotoises in French.[4]
Arrout is one of the communes who received the Green Star of Esperanto from Esperanto info, an award given to mayors of communes who take a census of Esperanto speakers.
The Church contains three items that are registered as historical objects: