Mérens-les-Vals

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Mérens-les-Vals

(2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Sicre^[1]Area

80.12 km² (30.93 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

168 • Density2.1/km² (5.4/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

09189 /09110

Elevation929–2,840 m (3,048–9,318 ft)
(avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mérens-les-Vals (French pronunciation: [meʁɛ̃s le vals]; Languedocien: Merens las Vals) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Geography

Mérens-les-Vals, as its name implies, has several valleys. The village is at the confluence of three valleys: Ariège, Nabre and Morgoulliou. The village has a train station (Mérens-les-Vals station) on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The night train from Gare d'Austerlitz, Paris to Latour-de-Carol stops here. The journey taking about nine hours. There are six local trains a day to Toulouse, this journey takes 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	114	—
1968	195	+71.1%
1975	157	−19.5%
1982	143	−8.9%
1990	149	+4.2%
1999	180	+20.8%
2008	186	+3.3%

Inhabitants are called Mérengois.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.