Niaux

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Niaux
Commune
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Coordinates: 42°48′51″N 1°35′31″E / 42.8142°N 1.5919°E / 42.8142; 1.5919Coordinates: 42°48′51″N 1°35′31″E / 42.8142°N 1.5919°E / 42.8142; 1.5919
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Sabarthès
Intercommunality	Pays de Tarascon
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Delrieu
Area 1	3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	156
• 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.

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

Located on the right banks of the Vicdessos river, Niaux is best known for the Cave of Niaux. The cave is world-famous for its prehistoric cave paintings of bison and horses from the Magdalénien era.

Population[]

Inhabitants are called Niauxéens.

See also[]

• Communes of the Ariège department

References[]

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