Alliat
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The entrance to the La Vache Cave | |
  Alliat | |
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Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Alliat | |
| Coordinates: 42°49′05″N 1°35′14″E / 42.8181°N 1.5872°ECoordinates: 42°49′05″N 1°35′14″E / 42.8181°N 1.5872°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| Canton | Tarascon-sur-Ariège |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Tarascon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Alain Brillu |
| Area1 | 3.46 km2 (1.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 64 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (48/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09006 / 09400 |
| Elevation |
500–1,268 m (1,640–4,160 ft) (avg. 560 m or 1,840 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Alliat is a commune in the Ariège department and Midi-Pyrénées region in southwestern France.
Geography
Commune in the "Haute-Ariège" part of the Pyrenees located 15 km from the city of Foix and 5 km from the city of Tarascon-sur-Ariège, in the "Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises".
Population
Inhabitants of Alliat are called Alliatois.
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1806 | 96 | — |
| 1851 | 129 | +34.4% |
| 1856 | 97 | −24.8% |
| 1901 | 106 | +9.3% |
| 1921 | 81 | −23.6% |
| 1946 | 55 | −32.1% |
| 1962 | 67 | +21.8% |
| 1968 | 71 | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 68 | −4.2% |
| 1982 | 65 | −4.4% |
| 1990 | 55 | −15.4% |
| 1999 | 62 | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 64 | +3.2% |
Sights
- The "cave of the cow (grotte de La Vache): the cave of the cow, with distinctive archeological strata discovered in its entry and in the "Salle Monique", opened to the public in 1979. It produced one of the richest collection of prehistorical objects from the Magdalenian era (12000 to 14000 years old), including a large number of harpoons and assegai points as well as more than 200 pieces of art: bones, engraved reindeer and red deer antlers, sculpture of animals, sometimes of humans, including of rare species for that period: panther, bear, wolfs, salmon, antelope saïga, birds…
- It was one of the first cave explored in Ariège by Félix Garrigou, before 1867. A second site was discovered in 1952 and was explored by its discoverer, Romain Robert, until 1964.
- Fortified cave « Spoulgas d’Alliat »: located 100m from the cave of the cow. Maps and descriptions available in « Monographies villageoises en Sabarthès », Florence Guillot, 1999.
Activities
- Rock climbing around the caves
- Horse ridding
See also
References
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