Miglos
{{short description|Commune in Occitanie, France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Miglos
|commune status = Commune
|image = Miglos arquizat.jpg
|caption = A general view of Miglos
|image coat of arms =
|arrondissement = Foix
|canton = Sabarthès
|INSEE = 09192
|postal code = 09400
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Pays de Tarascon
|coordinates = {{coord|42.7925|1.6003|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 850
|elevation min m = 600
|elevation max m = 1903
|area km2 = 18.76
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Miglos is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/09192-miglos INSEE commune file]
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 {{convert|810|m|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.
Population
{{Historical populations
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1962|73|
1968|105|
1975|120|
1982|94|
1990|97|
1999|80|
2006|104|
2007|107|
2012|118|
2017|117|
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Sights
Château de Miglos: the ruins of this castle are perched on a limestone outcrop {{convert|750|m|ft}} 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.{{cite book|last=Dubin|first=Marc|title=The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees|year=2004|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=1-84353-196-8|pages=261|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SSynY9B7XrIC&q=Ch%C3%A2teau+de+Miglos&pg=PA261}}
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.
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See also
References
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External links
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Category:Communes of Ariège (department)
Category:Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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