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Niaux
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Niaux
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.arrondissement
- Foix
- French commune.canton
- Sabarthès
- French commune.INSEE
- 09217
- French commune.postal code
- 09400
- French commune.mayor
- Jean Idarreta
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Pays de Tarascon
- French commune.elevation m
- 546
- French commune.elevation min m
- 509
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1322
- French commune.area km2
- 3.99
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Niaux
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Foix
- Population
- 150
- Area
- 3.99
- Elevation
- 845
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Ussat
- Official website
- www.niaux.fr
- Image
- Grotte de Niaux depuis la Vache.jpg
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- postal code
- 09400
- Commons category
- Niaux
- associated electoral district
- canton of Sabarthès
- male population
- 84
- female population
- 81
- P8168
- Carl Waaler Kaas
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-61-05-88-28
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Encyclopedic overview
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Niaux is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Located on the right banks of the Vicdessos river, Niaux is the site of the Cave of Niaux, which is famous for its prehistoric cave paintings of bison and horses from the Magdalenian era.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Niaux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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