Auzat
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Ariège | |
| Arrondissement | Foix | |
| Canton | Sabarthès | |
| Community association | Haute Ariège | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 46 ′ N , 1 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 720-3,143 m | |
| surface | 162.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 488 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 09220 | |
| INSEE code | 09030 | |
| Website | http://www.auzat.fr/ | |
Auzat ( Occitan : Ausat ) is a French commune with 488 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Foix and the canton Sabarthès (until 2015: canton Vicdessos ). The residents call themselves Auzatois .
geography
Auzat is located about 24 kilometers south-southwest of Foix in the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park on the Vicdessos River . The municipality borders directly on Andorra and Spain . Auzat is surrounded by the neighboring communities
- Le Port in the north,
- Val-de-Sos with Suc-et-Sentenac in the north and Goulier in the east,
- Vicdessos in the northeast,
- Lercouil in the east and northeast,
- Ordino (Andorra) in the southeast,
- La Massana in the south,
- Alins in the southwest,
- Lladorre in the west and south-west,
- Aulus-les-Bains to the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 970 | 949 | 798 | 847 | 760 | 666 | 593 | 544 |
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Attractions
- Montréal-de-Sos castle ruins, built in the 12th century, abandoned in the 15th century
- church
Personalities
- Jean Sérafin (* 1941), football player and coach
Web links
Commons : Auzat - collection of images, videos and audio files
