Vicdessos Explained

Vicdessos
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Vicdessos (Ariège).svg
Arrondissement:Foix
Canton:Sabarthès
Commune:Val-de-Sos
Insee:09334
Postal Code:09220
Coordinates:42.7706°N 1.4992°W
Elevation M:705
Elevation Min M:652
Elevation Max M:1585
Area Km2:6.01
Population:420
Population Date:2021
Population Footnotes:[1]

Vicdessos (in French pronounced as /vikdəso/; Occitan (post 1500);: Vic de Sòs) 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

The area of Vicdessos is about 6.01 km2 with a minimum elevation of 652 meters and a maximum elevation of 1585 meters.

Location

This Pyrenean town lies in the Natural regional park of Pyrenées ariégoises in the Vicdessos valley, at the feet of the Montcalm mountains.

Vicdessos is 15 km from Tarascon-sur-Ariège and 95 km from Toulouse.

Population

Inhabitants of Vicdessos are called Vicdessosiens 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