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Ascou

Commune in Occitanie, France

Ascou
Summary

Commune in Occitanie, France

FieldValue
nameAscou
commune statusCommune
imageCol de Paihères- étang de Goulours.JPG
captionThe Étang de Goulours
arrondissementFoix
cantonHaute-Ariège
INSEE09023
postal code09110
mayorSabine Carrière
term2020–2026
intercommunalityCC Haute-Ariège
coordinates
elevation m1005
elevation min m879
elevation max m2360
area km235.59
population
population date
population footnotes

Ascou (; ) 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.

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

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

FromToNameParty
20012020Claude CarrièrePS
20202026Sabine Carrière

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ascounais in French.

Pailhères ski station in summer
The Col de Pailhères on the D25

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Sites and monuments

The Parish church in Ascou. Next to the church is a small memorial for those who fell in the [[First World War

The Parish Church contains a Statue of the Virgin and child[[File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg|18px]] which is registered as a historical object.

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Michel Naudy, journalist and politician.

References

References

  1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
  2. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ascou/@42.7086773,1.9475573,14063m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x12af9b6e68c85089:0x406f69c2f436240?hl=en Google Maps]
  3. [http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/chercher.php List of Mayors of France] {{Webarchive. link. (20 June 2023 {{in lang). fr
  4. [https://www.habitants.fr/ariege-09 Le nom des habitants du 09 - Ariège] {{Webarchive. link. (8 December 2023 , habitants.fr)
  5. {{Cassini-Ehess. 1476. Ascou
  6. link. (24 September 2022 , INSEE)
  7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM09000035. PM09000035 Statue: Virgin and Child {{in lang. fr
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