Mérens-les-Vals

Not to be confused with Mérens.

Mérens-les-Vals (French pronunciation: [meʁɛ̃s le vals]; Languedocien: Merens las Vals) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Mérens-les-Vals
Commune
The church in Mérens-les-Vals
Coat of arms
Location of Mérens-les-Vals
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Coordinates: 42°39′32″N 1°50′13″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Haute-Ariège
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Sicre[1]
Area 1	80.12 km2 (30.93 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	168
• Density	2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09189 /09110
Elevation	929–2,840 m (3,048–9,318 ft) (avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Mérens-les-Vals, as its name implies, has several valleys. The village is at the confluence of three valleys: Ariège, Nabre and Morgoulliou. The village has a train station (Mérens-les-Vals station) on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The night train from Gare d'Austerlitz, Paris to Latour-de-Carol stops here. The journey taking about nine hours. There are six local trains a day to Toulouse, this journey takes 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	114	—
1968	195	+71.1%
1975	157	−19.5%
1982	143	−8.9%
1990	149	+4.2%
1999	180	+20.8%
2008	186	+3.3%

Inhabitants are called Mérengois.

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department
• Mérens horse