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Commune in Occitanie, France Not to be confused with Mérens.
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Commune in Occitania, France
Mérens-les-Vals
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Location of Mérens-les-Vals
Mérens-les-Vals is located in FranceMérens-les-ValsMérens-les-ValsShow map of FranceMérens-les-Vals is located in OccitanieMérens-les-ValsMérens-les-ValsShow map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°39′32″N 1°50′13″E / 42.6589°N 1.8369°E / 42.6589; 1.8369
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementFoix
CantonHaute-Ariège
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Sicre
Area80.12 km (30.93 sq mi)
Population168
 • Density2.1/km (5.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code09189 /09110
Elevation929–2,840 m (3,048–9,318 ft)
(avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mérens-les-Vals (French pronunciation: [meʁɛ̃s le vals]; Languedocien: Merens las 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 (Mérens-les-Vals station) 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

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962114—    
1968195+71.1%
1975157−19.5%
1982143−8.9%
1990149+4.2%
1999180+20.8%
2008186+3.3%

Inhabitants are called Mérengois.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
Communes of the Ariège department


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