Miglos

Miglos
Miglos
Administration
Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Tarascon-sur-Ariège
Intercommunality	Pays de Tarascon
Mayor	Georges Rouzaud (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	600–1,903 m (2,000–6,243 ft) (avg. 850 m/2,790 ft)
Land area1	18.76 km2 (7.24 sq mi)
Population2	107  (2008)
- Density	6 /km2 (16 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	09192/ 09400
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.

Coordinates: 42°47′33″N 1°36′01″E / 42.7925°N 1.60027777778°E / 42.7925; 1.60027777778

Château de Miglos

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

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 of Miglos

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
73	105	120	94	97	80	107

Places of interest

• Château de Miglos – The ruins of a castle built on a rock piton 750 metres (2,460 ft) high. It was built towards the beginning of the 13th century, and was largely damaged at the time of the French Revolution. In 1830, Jean-Louis Hycinthe de Vendômois, heir to the place, saw his residence plundered during the Guerre des Demoiselles^[1] (1829–1832) while opposing the peasants of Ariège with Charles X of France. The château is currently being restored.

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ fr:Guerre des Demoiselles in French version of Wikipedia