Orsans | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Orsans 25.svg |
Arrondissement: | Carcassonne |
Canton: | La Piège au Razès |
Insee: | 11268 |
Postal Code: | 11270 |
Mayor: | Jean Bonnafil[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 43.1622°N 1.9831°W |
Elevation M: | 355 |
Elevation Min M: | 304 |
Elevation Max M: | 400 |
Area Km2: | 9.94 |
Orsans is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Orsans is a small hamlet in the south of France, it used to be an important village with a school and many farming supplies, but now is just a small farming community. There is a medieval church and there used to be a large windmill on the hill, which is now gone; however, the storage house (which was also a cowshed for a while) remains, now converted into a house. There is a statue in the square which celebrates the ceased or injured form Orsans in World War I. A small stream runs through the hills that are used for farming. On top of the largest hill in or sans there is a large old water tower, that is surrounded by cows.