Mérens-les-Vals
Commune in Occitanie, France
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Mérens-les-Vals (French pronunciation: [meʁɛ̃s le vals]; Languedocien: Merens las Vals) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
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 The church in Mérens-les-Vals | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Mérens-les-Vals | |
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| Coordinates: 42°39′32″N 1°50′13″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| Canton | Haute-Ariège |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Sicre[1] |
Area 1 | 80.12 km2 (30.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 166 |
| • Density | 2.07/km2 (5.37/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09189 /09110 |
| Elevation | 929–2,840 m (3,048–9,318 ft) (avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Mérens-les-Vals, as its name implies, has several valleys. The village is at the confluence of three valleys: Ariège, Nabre and Morgoulliou. The village has a train station (Mérens-les-Vals station) on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The night train from Gare d'Austerlitz, Paris to Latour-de-Carol stops here. The journey taking about nine hours. There are six local trains a day to Toulouse, this journey takes 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Population
Inhabitants are called Mérengois in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 195 | — |
| 1975 | 157 | −3.05% |
| 1982 | 143 | −1.33% |
| 1990 | 149 | +0.52% |
| 1999 | 180 | +2.12% |
| 2007 | 187 | +0.48% |
| 2012 | 178 | −0.98% |
| 2017 | 168 | −1.15% |
| 2023 | 166 | −0.20% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
