Balaguères
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Balaguères is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Castillon-en-Couserans, the arrondissement of Saint-Girons, and the Ariège department. It is part of the Occitanie region and shares borders with Argein, Arrout, Buzan, and Cazavet. The official name of the municipality is Balaguères.
The commune has an area of 17.84 and a population of 314, comprising 101 males and 96 females. It is located at an elevation of 1253 above sea level. The associated electoral district is the canton of Couserans Ouest. The postal code for the area is 09800.
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- French commune.name
- Balaguères
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Girons
- French commune.canton
- Couserans Ouest
- French commune.INSEE
- 09035
- French commune.postal code
- 09800
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Claude Roques
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Couserans-Pyrénées
- French commune.elevation m
- 475
- French commune.elevation min m
- 467
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1253
- French commune.area km2
- 17.84
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- Demography
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Balaguères (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
==Geography== Balaguères is located some 4 km north-east of Audressein and 12 km south-west of Saint-Girons in the Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises. The north-west border of the commune is also the departmental border between Ariège and Haute-Garonne. Access to the commune is by the D618 road from Engomer in the east which passes through the south of the commune and continues south-west to Audressein. Access to the main village of Alas is by the D204A from Engomer and several local roads. The D204 goes north-west from the village through the hamlet of Agert to the hamlet of Balagué in the commune. The commune is farmland in the valley and forested on the mountain slopes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balaguères” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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