Sem, Ariège

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Sem
Part of Val-de-Sos
An aerial view of Sem
Location of Sem
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Coordinates: 42°46′07″N 1°31′11″E / 42.7686°N 1.5197°E / 42.7686; 1.5197Coordinates: 42°46′07″N 1°31′11″E / 42.7686°N 1.5197°E / 42.7686; 1.5197
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Sabarthès
Commune	Val-de-Sos
Area 1	5.22 km2 (2.02 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	22
• Density	4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	09220
Elevation	825–2,042 m (2,707–6,699 ft) (avg. 960 m or 3,150 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sem 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.^[2]

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.

See also[]

• Communes of the Ariège department

References[]

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