Allières
Commune
The road into Allières
The road into Allières
Location of Allières
Allières is located in France
Allières
Allières
Allières is located in Occitanie
Allières
Allières
Coordinates: 43°02′14″N 1°22′00″E / 43.0372°N 1.3667°E / 43.0372; 1.3667
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementSaint-Girons
CantonCouserans Est
IntercommunalityCouserans-Pyrénées
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Denis Puech[1]
Area
1
9.1 km2 (3.5 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
74
 • Density8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09007 /09240
Elevation347–652 m (1,138–2,139 ft)
(avg. 550 m or 1,800 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Allières (French pronunciation: [aljɛʁ]; Occitan: Alhèras) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alliérasois or Alliérasoises[3]

Geography

Allières is located in the Plantaurel mountains in the Natural Regional Park of Pyrénées ariégeoises some 22 km west by north-west of Foix and some 70 km south of Toulouse. Access to the commune is by the minor D49 road which runs north from the D117 road through the commune and the village and continuing north across the mountains to join the D119 near Maury. There is also access by a minor road from the east. Apart from the village there is also the hamlet of Escougnale. The commune is heavily forested with a few farms.[4]

Numerous streams rise in the commune mostly flowing north to the Ruisseau de Mourisse which forms the northern border of the commune and flows west to join the Arize river near Maury. There is also the Ruisseau de Peydalières rising in the west of the commune which flows west also to join the Arize.[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

[4]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToName
20012026Denis Puech

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 55—    
1975 45−2.83%
1982 40−1.67%
1990 57+4.53%
1999 65+1.47%
2007 65+0.00%
2012 71+1.78%
2017 71+0.00%
Source: INSEE[6]
The Town Hall
General View of Allières

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint Roche contains two items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Painting with frame: Presentation at the temple of the child Jesus with a saint bishop (17th century)[7]
  • A Painting with frame: Virgin and child surrounded by Saint Julien and Saint Nicolas de Myre (1871)[8]

Notable people linked to the commune

The Falentin Saintenac family has many dead in their chapel adjoining the church.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Inhabitants of Ariège (in French)
  4. 1 2 3 Google Maps
  5. ↑ List of Mayors of France
  6. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM09000116 Painting with frame: Presentation at the temple of the child Jesus with a saint bishop (in French)
  8. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM09000115 Painting with frame: Virgin and child surrounded by Saint Julien and Saint Nicolas de Myre (in French)
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