Niaux is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

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Niaux
Commune
Location of Niaux
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Coordinates: 42°48′51″N 1°35′31″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Sabarthès
Intercommunality	Pays de Tarascon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Idarreta[1]
Area 1	3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	154
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09217 /09400
Elevation	509–1,322 m (1,670–4,337 ft) (avg. 546 m or 1,791 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Located on the right banks of the Vicdessos river, Niaux is the site of the Cave of Niaux, which is famous for its prehistoric cave paintings of bison and horses from the Magdalenian era.[3]

Population

Inhabitants are called Niauxéens.

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

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