Vicdessos

Vicdessos
Part of Val-de-Sos
A general view of Vicdessos
A general view of Vicdessos
Coat of arms of Vicdessos
Location of Vicdessos
Map
Vicdessos is located in France
Vicdessos
Vicdessos
Vicdessos is located in Occitanie
Vicdessos
Vicdessos
Coordinates: 42°46′14″N 1°29′57″E / 42.7706°N 1.4992°E / 42.7706; 1.4992
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementFoix
CantonSabarthès
CommuneVal-de-Sos
Area
1
6.01 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
420
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
09220
Elevation652–1,585 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.

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]

Geography

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The area of Vicdessos is about 6.01 km2 with a minimum elevation of 652 meters and a maximum elevation of 1585 meters.

Location

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This 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

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Inhabitants of Vicdessos are called Vicdessosiens in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962535—    
1968585+9.3%
1975580−0.9%
1982602+3.8%
1990483−19.8%
1999461−4.6%
2008511+10.8%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 July 2018, p. 160 (in French)