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Vicdessos (French pronunciation: [vikdəso]; Occitan: Vic de Sòs) is a former commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Sos.[2]
Vicdessos | |
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Part of Val-de-Sos | |
 A general view of Vicdessos | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Vicdessos  | |
  Vicdessos  Vicdessos | |
| Coordinates: 42°46′14″N 1°29′57″E / 42.7706°N 1.4992°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| Canton | Sabarthès |
| Commune | Val-de-Sos |
| Area 1 | 6.01 km2 (2.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 420 |
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 09220 |
| Elevation | 652–1,585 m (2,139–5,200 ft) (avg. 705 m or 2,313 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editThe area of Vicdessos is about 6.01 km2 with a minimum elevation of 652 meters and a maximum elevation of 1585 meters.
Location
editThis Pyrenean town lies in the Natural regional park of Pyrenées ariégoises in the Vicdessos valley, at the feet of the Montcalm mountains.
Vicdessos is 15 km from Tarascon-sur-Ariège and 95 km from Toulouse.
Population
editInhabitants of Vicdessos are called Vicdessosiens in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 535 | — |
| 1968 | 585 | +9.3% |
| 1975 | 580 | −0.9% |
| 1982 | 602 | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 483 | −19.8% |
| 1999 | 461 | −4.6% |
| 2008 | 511 | +10.8% |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 July 2018, p. 160 (in French)
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