Aleu
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Aleu
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Aleu Entry.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The road into Aleu
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Girons
- French commune.canton
- Couserans Est
- French commune.INSEE
- 09005
- French commune.postal code
- 09320
- French commune.mayor
- André Vidal
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Couserans-Pyrénées
- French commune.elevation m
- 700
- French commune.elevation min m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Aleu
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saint-Girons
- Population
- +137
- Area
- +13.95
- Elevation
- +759
- Shares border with
- Soulan
- Image
- Aleu, France.jpg
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Neighbouring communes and villages
- History
- Administration
- Population
- Sites and monuments
- Notable people linked to the commune
- See also
- References
- External links
Aleu (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.
==Geography== thumb|A street in Aleu thumb|Lavoir (public laundry) Aleu is located some 10 km south-east of Saint-Girons and 30 km west by south-west of Foix. It can be accessed by the D618 road coming from the west and following the northern border of the commune continuing to Biert in the east. The only access to the village by vehicle is by a small mountain road branching from the D618 at Castet d'Aleu. There is a small unsealed airstrip north-east of the village at approx 1000m altitude. The commune is very rugged with extensive forests. Apart from the village, there are numerous hamlets: Castet d'Aleu, Galas d'en Bas and Galas d'en Haut, La Trappe, La Bordasse, Biech, Pinsou, La Rouere and Fontale.