Miglos Explained

Miglos
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Foix
Canton:Sabarthès
Insee:09192
Postal Code:09400
Mayor:Sébastien Lacroix[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Pays de Tarascon
Coordinates:42.7925°N 1.6003°W
Elevation M:850
Elevation Min M:600
Elevation Max M:1903
Area Km2:18.76

Miglos is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.[2]

Geography

It is located in the former High Ariege in the High County Foix, Sabarthès.

The valley opens to the northwest Vicdessos valley at Capoulet, and to the south it forms a large bowl. The valley has an average altitude of 810m (2,660feet).

The limits of the Barony under the former regime were almost the same as those of today. During the revolutionary period the municipality escaped fragmentation.

Population

Sights

Château de Miglos

the ruins of this castle are perched on a limestone outcrop 750m (2,460feet) high, a couple of kilometres upstream from the prehistoric caves at Niaux and the commune of Capoulet, in the valley of Vicdessos. It was built towards the beginning of the 13th century, later razed by order of Cardinal Richelieu and largely damaged at the time of the French Revolution.[3]

In 1830, Jean-Louis Hycinthe de Vendômois, heir to the place, saw his residence plundered during the Guerre des Demoiselles (1829–1832) while opposing the peasants of Ariège with Charles X of France.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM09192-miglos INSEE commune file
  3. Book: Dubin, Marc. The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees. 2004. Rough Guides. 1-84353-196-8. 261.