Balaguères
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Key facts
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Balaguères
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saint-Girons
- Population
- +196
- Area
- +17.84
- Elevation
- +817
- Shares border with
- Francazal
- Image
- Balaguères - Tour Sainte-Catherine - 20150820 (2).JPG
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13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Neighbouring communes and villages
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Culture and heritage
- Cultural distinctions
- Religious heritage
- Environmental heritage
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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.