Ascou
Ascou | |
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 The Étang de Goulours | |
Location of Ascou  | |
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| Coordinates: 42°43′20″N 1°51′45″E / 42.7222°N 1.8625°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| Canton | Haute-Ariège |
| Intercommunality | CC Haute-Ariège |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sabine Carrière[1] |
| Area 1 | 35.59 km2 (13.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 117 |
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09023 /09110 |
| Elevation | 879–2,360 m (2,884–7,743 ft) (avg. 1,005 m or 3,297 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ascou (French pronunciation: [asku]; Occitan: Ascon) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
Geography
Ascou is an alpine commune located some 40 km south-east of Foix and immediately east of Ax-les-Thermes. The northern border of the commune is the border between the departments of Ariège and Aude. Access to the commune is by the D 25 road which branches off the D 613 east of Ax-les-Thermes and continues through the village and the length of the commune to Mijanès over the mountains to the east. The D 258 road branches off the D 25 in the commune and goes north-east changing to the D 107 at the border and continuing to La Fajolle. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Goulours, Lavail, and Pujal. The commune is entirely alpine in nature with no farmland.[3]
The Ruisseau de l'Adorre rises in the east of the commune and flows west gathering tributaries and changing to the Lauze river before passing the village and continuing west to join the Ariège at Ax-les-Thermes. The Ruisseau de l'Eycherque rise in the north-east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Lauze at the D 25 road. The Riu Caud flows from the north to join the Lauze at the Étang de Goulours[3]
Neighbouring communes and villages
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Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name | Party |
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| 2001 | 2020 | Claude Carrière | PS |
| 2020 | 2026 | Sabine Carrière |
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ascounais in French.[5]
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Sites and monuments
The Parish Church contains a Statue of the Virgin and child
which is registered as a historical object.[8]
Notable people linked to the commune
- Michel Naudy, journalist and politician.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 09 - Ariège, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ascou, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000035 Statue: Virgin and Child (in French)
External links
- Ascou on the IGN website (in French)
- Ascou on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute(IGN) website (in French)
- Ascou on the 1750 Cassini Map
