Moulis (Ariège)

Moulis ; Molins
region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Ouest
Community association	Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates	42 ° 58 ′ N , 1 ° 6 ′ E Coordinates: 42 ° 58 ′ N , 1 ° 6 ′ E
height	412-1,608 m
surface	36.55 km 2
Residents	761 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	21 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	09200
INSEE code	09214
	; Notre-Dame church in Luzenac

Moulis ( Occitan : Molins ) is a French commune with 761 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , to the community association of Couserans-Pyrénées and to the canton of Couserans Ouest (until 2015: canton of Saint-Girons ). The inhabitants are called Moulisais / Moulisaises .

geography

Moulis is located around 77 kilometers south-southwest of the city of Toulouse in the west of the Ariège department. The community consists of the village of Moulis and numerous hamlets, scattered settlements and individual farms. Moulis and Luzenac are on the Lez river. Moulis is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are mountainous and forested. The highest point in the municipality is the Tuc des Pelades . In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D618 far away from any major traffic connections.

Moulis is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Montégut-en-Couserans and Saint-Lizier in the north, Saint-Girons in the northeast and east, Eycheil and Lacourt in the east, Alos in the southeast, Bethmale in the south, Arrien-en-Bethmale in the southwest, Castillon- en-Couserans and Engomer in the west and Montgauch in the northwest.

history

The community has been settled for a long time. Finds from the Gallo-Roman period in the hamlet of Aubert prove this. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the province of Couserans, which in turn was part of the province of Gascony. The parish was part of the Saint-Girons district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Moulis was within the canton of Saint-Girons from 1793 to 2015 . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801. The municipality of Moulis was created in its current form between 1790 and 1794 through the merger of the previous municipalities of Aubert , Luzenac , Montfaucon et Sour and Pouech with Moulis. A flood in June 1875 destroyed large parts of the districts on the Lez. In Moulis, both the church and the cemetery were flooded.

Population development

year	1793	1800	1831	1846	1872	1886	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Residents	1,977	1,690	2,703	2,594	2.159	2.144	1.003	1.010	1,013	847	828	798	759	796	785
Sources: Cassini and INSEE