Mérens-les-Vals
Not to be confused with Mérens.
| Mérens-les-Vals | |
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The church in Mérens-les-Vals | |
  Mérens-les-Vals | |
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Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Mérens-les-Vals | |
| Coordinates: 42°39′32″N 1°50′13″E / 42.6589°N 1.8369°ECoordinates: 42°39′32″N 1°50′13″E / 42.6589°N 1.8369°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| Canton | Ax-les-Thermes |
| Intercommunality | Vallées d'Ax |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Pierre Sicre |
| Area1 | 80.12 km2 (30.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 186 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09189 / 09110 |
| Elevation |
929–2,840 m (3,048–9,318 ft) (avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft) |
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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. | |
Mérens-les-Vals is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Geography
Mérens-les-Vals, as its name implies, has several valleys. The village is at the confluence of three valleys: Ariège, Nabre and Morgoulliou. The village has a train station (Gare de Mérens-les-Vals) on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The night train from Gare d'Austerlitz, Paris to Latour-de-Carol stops here. The journey taking about nine hours. There are six local trains a day to Toulouse, this journey takes 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 114 | — |
| 1968 | 195 | +71.1% |
| 1975 | 157 | −19.5% |
| 1982 | 143 | −8.9% |
| 1990 | 149 | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 180 | +20.8% |
| 2008 | 186 | +3.3% |
Inhabitants are called Mérengois.
See also
References
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