Mérens-les-Vals
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The church in Mérens-les-Vals
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Location within Occitanie region
Mérens-les-Vals
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| Coordinates: 42°39′32″N 1°50′13″E / 42.6589°N 1.8369°ECoordinates: 42°39′32″N 1°50′13″E / 42.6589°N 1.8369°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| Canton | Haute-Ariège |
| Intercommunality | Vallées d'Ax |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Pierre Sicre |
| Area1 | 80.12 km2 (30.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 186 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09189 /09110 |
| Elevation | 929–2,840 m (3,048–9,318 ft) (avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Mérens-les-Vals is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Mérens-les-Vals, as its name implies, has several valleys. The village is at the confluence of three valleys: Ariège, Nabre and Morgoulliou. The village has a train station (Gare de Mérens-les-Vals) on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The night train from Gare d'Austerlitz, Paris to Latour-de-Carol stops here. The journey taking about nine hours. There are six local trains a day to Toulouse, this journey takes 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Inhabitants are called Mérengois.
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