Mijanès

Mijanès
Mijanès
Administration
Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Quérigut
Intercommunality	Donezan
Mayor	Christian Dubuc (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	1,037–2,541 m (3,402–8,337 ft) (avg. 1,130 m/3,710 ft)
Land area1	39.95 km2 (15.42 sq mi)
Population2	92  (2008)
- Density	2 /km2 (5.2 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	09193/ 09460
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°43′54″N 2°03′25″E / 42.7316666667°N 2.05694444444°E / 42.7316666667; 2.05694444444

Mijanès is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. It is located close to two Cathar castles, the Château d'Usson and the Château de Quérigut.

During World War II, the villagers of Mijanès were involved in the rescue of six British airmen of the Royal Air Force after their plane crashed on the Pic de la Camisette, a nearby mountain, in December 1944.^[1] Wreckage of the plane is displayed today at the Château d'Usson.^[2]

Population

Historical population of Mijanès

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
57	91	71	75	79	78	92

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ "Avion de la Camistte" (in French). Mijanes, notre Village. http://mijanes.pagesperso-orange.fr/avion.htm. Retrieved 16 September 2011. 
2. ^ "Photo: Moteur de l'avion anglais tombé au Pic de la Camisette en décembre 1944". Visite de la Maison du Patrimoine du Donezan. http://www.donezan.com/diaporamas/mpd/index.html. Retrieved 16 September 2011.