Le Mas-d'Azil | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Le-Mas-d'Azil (Ariège).svg |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Girons |
Canton: | Arize-Lèze |
Insee: | 09181 |
Postal Code: | 09290 |
Mayor: | Raymond Berdou[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 43.0817°N 1.3614°W |
Elevation M: | 320 |
Elevation Min M: | 275 |
Elevation Max M: | 580 |
Area Km2: | 39.36 |
Le Mas-d'Azil (in French pronounced as /lə mas dazil/; Occitan (post 1500);: Lo Mas d'Asilh) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France, containing a cave that is the typesite for the prehistoric Azilian culture. The Grotte du Mas d'Azil (sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not) is a "supersite" with rich remains of human usage from about 30,000 years ago, and is also a key site for the preceding Magdalenian culture. The D119 road runs right through the large cave, which is a natural tunnel 420 metres long and 50 metres high.[2]