Allières (French pronunciation: [aljɛʁ]; Occitan: Alhèras) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.
Geography
Allières is located in the Plantaurel mountains in the Natural Regional Park of Pyrénées ariégeoises some 22 km west by north-west of Foix and some 70 km south of Toulouse. Access to the commune is by the minor D49 road which runs north from the D117 road through the commune and the village and continuing north across the mountains to join the D119 near Maury. There is also access by a minor road from the east. Apart from the village there is also the hamlet of Escougnale. The commune is heavily forested with a few farms.[3]
Numerous streams rise in the commune mostly flowing north to the Ruisseau de Mourisse which forms the northern border of the commune and flows west to join the Arize river near Maury. There is also the Ruisseau de Peydalières rising in the west of the commune which flows west also to join the Arize.[3]
Neighbouring communes and villages
Places adjacent to Allières | |
|---|---|
Administration
List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2026 | Denis Puech |
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alliérasois or Alliérasoises in French.[5]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 55 | — |
| 1975 | 45 | −2.83% |
| 1982 | 40 | −1.67% |
| 1990 | 57 | +4.53% |
| 1999 | 65 | +1.47% |
| 2007 | 65 | +0.00% |
| 2012 | 71 | +1.78% |
| 2017 | 71 | +0.00% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
Culture and heritage
Religious heritage
The Parish Church of Saint Roche contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
- A Painting with frame: Presentation at the temple of the child Jesus with a saint bishop (17th century)
[7] - A Painting with frame: Virgin and child surrounded by Saint Julien and Saint Nicolas de Myre (1871)[8]
Notable people linked to the commune
The Falentin Saintenac family has many dead in their chapel adjoining the church.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 09 - Ariège, habitants.fr
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM09000116 Painting with frame: Presentation at the temple of the child Jesus with a saint bishop (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM09000115 Painting with frame: Virgin and child surrounded by Saint Julien and Saint Nicolas de Myre (in French)
External links
- Allières on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
- Allières on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Ailleres on the 1750 Cassini Map
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