Sem, Ariège

{{short description|Part of Val-de-Sos in Occitanie, France}}

{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Sem (Ariège)}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Sem

|image = Sem en Ariège.JPG

|caption = An aerial view of Sem

|image coat of arms =

|arrondissement = Foix

|canton = Sabarthès

|commune = Val-de-Sos

|INSEE = 09286

|postal code = 09220

|coordinates = {{coord|42.7686|1.5197|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 960

|elevation min m = 825

|elevation max m = 2042

|area km2 = 5.22

|population = 22

|population date = 2021

|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/7739582/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations légales 2021|language=fr|trans-title=Legal populations 2021|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2023}}

}}

Sem ({{IPA|fr|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.[http://www.ariege.gouv.fr/content/download/16514/105100/file/recueil-09-2018-037-recueil-des-actes-administratifs-1.pdf Arrêté préfectoral] 16 July 2018, p. 160 {{in lang|fr}}

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.

{{Historical populations

|align=left|

1962|6|

1968|13|

1975|17|

1982|16|

1990|14|

1999|19|

2008|29|

}}

{{clear left}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

{{commons category|Sem (Ariège)|Sem, Ariège}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sem, Ariege}}

Category:Former communes of Ariège (department)

Category:Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

Category:Populated places disestablished in 2019

{{Ariège-geo-stub}}