Sem, Ariège Explained

Sem
Arrondissement:Foix
Canton:Sabarthès
Commune:Val-de-Sos
Insee:09286
Postal Code:09220
Coordinates:42.7686°N 1.5197°W
Elevation M:960
Elevation Min M:825
Elevation Max M:2042
Area Km2:5.22
Population:22
Population Date:2021
Population Footnotes:[1]

Sem (in French pronounced as /sɛm/) is a former commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Sos.[2]

Geography and sights

The Sem village lies in the Vicdessos valley at 991 meters above sea level. It is an old mining village, tied with the history of the iron mining of Rancié. The stream of Sem forms a huge waterfall (Carraoucou waterfall) and a cone. A big rock called "the dolmen" of Sem was made by a former glacier.

Population

Inhabitants of Sem are called Sémois in French.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Populations légales 2021. fr. Legal populations 2021. INSEE. December 2023.
  2. http://www.ariege.gouv.fr/content/download/16514/105100/file/recueil-09-2018-037-recueil-des-actes-administratifs-1.pdf Arrêté préfectoral