Ascou (French pronunciation: [asku]; Occitan: Ascon) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
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Commune | |
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Coordinates: 42°43′20″N 1°51′45″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Ariège |
Arrondissement | Foix |
Canton | Haute-Ariège |
Intercommunality | CC Haute-Ariège |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Sabine Carrière[1] |
Area 1 | 35.59 km2 (13.74 sq mi) |
Population | 120 |
• Density | 3.4/km2 (8.7/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 09023 /09110 |
Elevation | 879–2,360 m (2,884–7,743 ft) (avg. 1,005 m or 3,297 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ascounais.[3]
Ascou is an alpine commune located some 40 km south-east of Foix and immediately east of Ax-les-Thermes. The northern border of the commune is the border between the departments of Ariège and Aude. Access to the commune is by the D 25 road which branches off the D 613 east of Ax-les-Thermes and continues through the village and the length of the commune to Mijanès over the mountains to the east. The D 258 road branches off the D 25 in the commune and goes north-east changing to the D 107 at the border and continuing to La Fajolle. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Goulours, Lavail, and Pujal. The commune is entirely alpine in nature with no farmland.[4]
The Ruisseau de l'Adorre rises in the east of the commune and flows west gathering tributaries and changing to the Lauze river before passing the village and continuing west to join the Ariège at Ax-les-Thermes. The Ruisseau de l'Eycherque rise in the north-east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Lauze at the D 25 road. The Riu Caud flows from the north to join the Lauze at the Étang de Goulours[4]
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List of Successive Mayors[5]
From | To | Name | Party |
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2001 | 2020 | Claude Carrière | PS |
2020 | 2026 | Sabine Carrière |
In 2017 the commune had 121 inhabitants.
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Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7] |
The Parish Church contains a Statue of the Virgin and child which is registered as a historical object.[8]