Alzen (Ariège)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Ariège | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Girons | |
| Canton | Couserans Est | |
| Community association | Couserans-Pyrénées | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 59 ′ N , 1 ° 28 ′ E | |
| height | 430-1,173 m | |
| surface | 17.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 260 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 09240 | |
| INSEE code | 09009 | |
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Alzen is a French commune with 260 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region (until 2015: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , to the canton of Couserans Est (until 2015: canton of La Bastide-de-Sérou ) and to the community association of Couserans-Pyrénées founded in 2016 . The residents call themselves Alzenois .
geography
Alzen is located about eleven kilometers west-northwest of Foix in the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Alzen is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Nescus , La Bastide-de-Sérou and Montels in the north, Cadarcet in the northeast, Serres-sur-Arget in the east and southeast, Burret and Le Bosc in the south, Montagagne in the west and southwest and Larbont in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 124 | 83 | 63 | 81 | 113 | 163 | 206 | 230 | 250 |
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Attractions
- Chapel L'Exaltation de la Sainte-Croix, Monument historique
- Écomuseum
- waterfall
