Padern

Padern
Coat of arms
Padern
Location within Occitanie region  Padern
Coordinates: 42°52′07″N 2°39′27″E / 42.8686°N 2.6575°ECoordinates: 42°52′07″N 2°39′27″E / 42.8686°N 2.6575°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Narbonne
Canton	Tuchan
Intercommunality	Hautes Corbières
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denis Villermoz
Area^1	29.79 km^2 (11.50 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	125
• Density	4.2/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	11270 / 11350
Elevation	148–920 m (486–3,018 ft) (avg. 195 m or 640 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	308	—
1800	334	+8.4%
1806	354	+6.0%
1821	364	+2.8%
1831	409	+12.4%
1836	519	+26.9%
1841	556	+7.1%
1846	558	+0.4%
1851	522	−6.5%
1856	558	+6.9%
1861	502	−10.0%
1866	450	−10.4%
1872	446	−0.9%
1876	579	+29.8%
1881	532	−8.1%
1886	565	+6.2%
1891	508	−10.1%
1896	499	−1.8%
1901	429	−14.0%
1906	447	+4.2%
1911	452	+1.1%
1921	428	−5.3%
1926	389	−9.1%
1931	414	+6.4%
1936	442	+6.8%
1946	411	−7.0%
1954	378	−8.0%
1962	381	+0.8%
1968	283	−25.7%
1975	209	−26.1%
1982	168	−19.6%
1990	145	−13.7%
1999	140	−3.4%
2008	125	−10.7%

Monuments

• The Château de Padern is a ruined castle that stands on a hill overlooking the village.

See also

• Corbières AOC
• Communes of the Aude department

References

• INSEE