Miglos

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

Miglos
Commune
A general view of Miglos
Coat of arms
Location of Miglos
Miglos
Miglos
Coordinates: 42°47′33″N 1°36′01″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementFoix
CantonSabarthès
IntercommunalityPays de Tarascon
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Georges Rouzaud
Area
1
18.76 km2 (7.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
117
 • Density6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09192 /09400
Elevation600–1,903 m (1,969–6,243 ft)
(avg. 850 m or 2,790 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

It is located in the former High Ariege in the High County Foix, Sabarthès.

The valley opens to the northwest Vicdessos valley at Capoulet, and to the south it forms a large bowl. The valley has an average altitude of 810 metres (2,660 ft).

The limits of the Barony under the former regime were almost the same as those of today. During the revolutionary period the municipality escaped fragmentation.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
196273—    
1968105+43.8%
1975120+14.3%
198294−21.7%
199097+3.2%
199980−17.5%
2008107+33.7%

Sights

The ruins of the Château de Miglos are perched atop a limestone outcrop 750 metres (2,460 ft) high, just a couple of kilometres upstream from the prehistoric caves at Niaux and the commune of Capoulet, in the valley of Vicdessos.[2] It was built towards the beginning of the 13th century, later razed by Cardinal Richelieu and largely damaged at the time of the French Revolution.[2]

In 1830, Jean-Louis Hycinthe de Vendômois, heir to the place, saw his residence plundered during the Guerre des Demoiselles (1829–1832) while opposing the peasants of Ariège with Charles X of France.

Château de Miglos

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Dubin, Marc (2004). The rough guide to the Pyrenees. Rough Guides. p. 261. ISBN 1-84353-196-8.



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