Niaux

Niaux is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Niaux
Location of Niaux
Niaux
Niaux
Coordinates: 42°48′51″N 1°35′31″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementFoix
CantonSabarthès
IntercommunalityPays de Tarascon
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Christian Delrieu
Area
1
3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
165
  Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09217 /09400
Elevation509–1,322 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 best known for the Cave of Niaux. The cave is world-famous for its prehistoric cave paintings of bison and horses from the Magdalénien era.

Population

Inhabitants are called Niauxéens.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962211    
1968228+8.1%
1975221−3.1%
1982230+4.1%
1990226−1.7%
1999201−11.1%
2008193−4.0%
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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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