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Miglos | |
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 A general view of Miglos | |
Location of Miglos  | |
  Miglos  Miglos | |
| Coordinates:42°47′33″N1°36′01″E / 42.7925°N 1.6003°E /42.7925; 1.6003 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| Canton | Sabarthès |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Tarascon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Sébastien Lacroix[1] |
Area 1 | 18.76 km2 (7.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 132 |
| • Density | 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09192 /09400 |
| Elevation | 600–1,903 m (1,969–6,243 ft) (avg. 850 m or 2,790 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Miglos is acommune in theAriègedepartment in southwesternFrance.[3]
It is located in the former High Ariege in the High CountyFoix, Sabarthès.
The valley opens to the northwestVicdessos valley at Capoulet, and to the south it forms a large bowl. The valley has an average altitude of 810 metres (2,660 ft).
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.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 73 | — |
| 1968 | 105 | +43.8% |
| 1975 | 120 | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 94 | −21.7% |
| 1990 | 97 | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 80 | −17.5% |
| 2006 | 104 | +30.0% |
| 2007 | 107 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 118 | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 117 | −0.8% |
Château de Miglos: the ruins of thiscastle are perched on a limestone outcrop 750 metres (2,460 ft) high, a couple of kilometres upstream from the prehistoric caves atNiaux and the commune of Capoulet, in the valley of Vicdessos. It was built towards the beginning of the 13th century, later razed by order ofCardinal Richelieu and largely damaged at the time of theFrench Revolution.[4]
In 1830, Jean-Louis Hycinthe de Vendômois, heir to the place, saw his residence plundered during theGuerre des Demoiselles (1829–1832) while opposing the peasants of Ariège withCharles X of France.
