Alos, Ariège

Alos
A general view of Alos
Alos
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Alos
Coordinates: 42°54′33″N 1°08′45″E / 42.9092°N 1.1458°ECoordinates: 42°54′33″N 1°08′45″E / 42.9092°N 1.1458°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Saint-Girons
Intercommunality	Val-Couserans
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Alain Tortet
Area^1	24.26 km^2 (9.37 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	130
• Density	5.4/km^2 (14/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	09008 / 09200
Elevation	553–1,874 m (1,814–6,148 ft) (avg. 650 m or 2,130 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.

Alos is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southwestern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alosiens or Alosiennes^[1]

Geography

Alos is located some 100 km south by south-west of Toulouse, about 40 km west of Foix, and about 10 km north of the Spanish border. It is a high mountain commune with only three tortuous access roads: the D37 branching west from the D3 south of Lacourt enters the commune in the northeast and continues to the village before continuing south-east to join the D17 road north of Seix. There is also the D137 road coming south-west from Moulis which enters the commune in the north and joins the D37 near the village. Apart from Alos there are the hamlets of Artiguenard and La Riviere in the commune. There are numerous small country roads throughout much of the commune which consists mainly of mountain slopes and forests.^[2]

The Riviere d'Alois flows out of the north-east to join the Salat river to the east. Numerous streams feed into the Alois including the Raven de Guerbrens which forms part of the eastern border and the Ruisseau de Argeniere which flows from the south of the commune. Many other streams flow into the Alois from all corners of the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Alos^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	André Pujol
2014	2020	André Pujol

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010, the commune had 130 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
789	752	925	990	1,005	1,214	1,210	1,258	1,173

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
987	1,035	1,009	1,060	1,109	1,112	1,109	1,088	1,062

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
1,028	1,023	885	779	722	625	546	463	365

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	2010
305	260	212	173	136	131	114	128	130

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

External links

• Alos on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Alos on Lion1906
• on Google Maps
• Alos on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Alos on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Alos on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Ariège (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)