Appy, Ariège Explained

Appy
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Foix
Canton:Haute-Ariège
Insee:09012
Postal Code:09250
Mayor:David Huez[1]
Term:2021 - 2026
Intercommunality:Haute-Ariège
Coordinates:42.7914°N 1.7339°W
Elevation M:930
Elevation Min M:744
Elevation Max M:2168
Area Km2:6.1

Appy (in French pronounced as /api/; Occitan (post 1500);: Api) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.

Geography

Appy is located some 15 km south-east of Tarascon-sur-Ariège and 12 km north-west of Ax-les-Thermes. Access is by the D20 road from Axiat in the east passing through the village and continuing to Caychax in the west. Appy is a remote mountainous commune, heavily forested in the south and west, with the rest alpine terrain.[2]

In the north of the commune is the Etang d'Appy from which flows the Ruisseau de Lac d'Appy towards the south-west to join the Ruisseau de Caychax which joins the Ariège at Albiès. The eastern boundary of the commune is formed by the Ruisseau de Girabel which flows south joining with other streams to join the Ariege at Urs. The Ruisseau de Camelong rises north of the village and flows south-east to join the Ruisseau de la Cassagne.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors[3]

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Pynarols or Pynaroles in French.[4] The village became almost uninhabited, so much so that there was a period of 64 years without a marriage: there was a marriage in 1946 then one in 2010 which was the subject of an article in La Dépêche du Midi.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
  2. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Appy,+France/@42.803179,1.743633,6687m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x12af739ac8c1fb4b:0x406f69c2f4362f0?hl=en Google Maps
  3. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=13843 List of Mayors of France
  4. https://www.habitants.fr/ariege-09 Le nom des habitants du 09 - Ariège
  5. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2010/06/28/863772-appy-enfin-un-mariage.html Appy: finally a marriage!