Ustou

Ustou ; Uston
region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Est
Community association	Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates	42 ° 48 ′ N , 1 ° 16 ′ E Coordinates: 42 ° 48 ′ N , 1 ° 16 ′ E
height	560-2,803 m
surface	98.34 km 2
Residents	301 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	3 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	09140
INSEE code	09322
	; Ruins of the Château de La Garde castle

Ustou ( Occitan : Uston ) is a French commune with 301 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , to the community association of Couserans-Pyrénées and to the canton of Couserans Est (until 2015: canton of Oust ). The inhabitants are called Ustouens / Ustouennes .

geography

Ustou is located around 95 kilometers south of the city of Toulouse in the south of the Ariège department on the border with Spain. The community consists of the villages of Le Trein, Saint-Lizier and Sérac, numerous hamlets and scattered settlements as well as individual farms. The villages are on the Alet River , which crosses the municipality in a north-westerly direction. Almost the entire Vallée d'Ustou is part of the municipality. Ustou is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are mountainous and forested. The highest point is the Pic de Certescans in the southwest of the municipality. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D8F and D38.

Ustou is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Oust in the northeast, Ercé in the east, Aulus-les-Bains in the east and southeast, Spain in the south, Couflens in the southwest and west and Seix in the northwest.

history

An early settlement is documented by finds from the Stone Age in a cave. The only remnants from Gallo-Roman times are place names and the Pont d'Ocques south of Saint-Lizier. In 1280, Château de Mirabat is first mentioned in a document. 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, Ustou was within the canton of Oust from 1793 to 2015 . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801. The present municipality was created between 1790 and 1794 through the union of Le Trein d'Ustou , Saint Lizier d'Ustou and Sérac d'Ustou .

Population development

year	1793	1846	1851	1866	1911	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Residents	3,014	3,391	3,153	3,046	1,943	1,590	575	502	428	520	351	299	359	311
Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area

Attractions

Ruins of the Château de Mirabat , a monument historique since 1995

Ruins of the Château de La Garde , a monument historique since 1996

Croix d'Ustou , iron cross from the 18th century, a monument historique since 1965

Church Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge in Le Trein

Saint-Lizier Church in Saint-Lizier

Church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Sérac

Saint-Lizier Chapel in La Bincarède

Sainte-Pierre Chapel in Le Trein

Chapel of Le Pont d'Oque in Saint-Lizier

Cave Grotte de Font-Sainte

Bridge Pont d'oque from Roman times

Turguella and Lastien waterfalls (80-100 meters high)

Memorial to the Fallen

numerous wayside crosses

Lavoir (wash house) in Le Trein

More Attractions

Web links

Commons : Ustou - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)

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↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
↑ Page with numerous photos of the house
↑ Memorial to the Fallen
↑ Description in Palissy (French)

[1] Description of the Monument historique (French)

[2] Description of the Monument historique (French)