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Niaux is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
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Coordinates: 42°48′51″N 1°35′31″E / 42.8142°N 1.5919°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Ariège |
Arrondissement | Foix |
Canton | Sabarthès |
Intercommunality | Pays de Tarascon |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean Idarreta[1] |
Area 1 | 3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[2] | 151 |
• Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 09217 /09400 |
Elevation | 509–1,322 m (1,670–4,337 ft) (avg. 546 m or 1,791 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Located on the right banks of the Vicdessos river, Niaux is the site of the Cave of Niaux, which is famous for its prehistoric cave paintings of bison and horses from the Magdalenian era.[3]
Population
editInhabitants are called Niauxéens.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 211 | — |
1968 | 228 | +8.1% |
1975 | 221 | −3.1% |
1982 | 230 | +4.1% |
1990 | 226 | −1.7% |
1999 | 201 | −11.1% |
2008 | 193 | −4.0% |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Niaux | cave, Ariège, France | Britannica".
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