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Le Mas-d'Azil (; oc, Lo Mas d'Asilh) is a
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in the Ariège
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in southwestern France, containing a cave that is the typesite for the prehistoric
Azilian The Azilian is a Mesolithic industry of the Franco-Cantabrian region of northern Spain and Southern France. It dates approximately 10,000–12,500 years ago. Diagnostic artifacts from the culture include projectile points (microliths with rou ...
culture. The ''Grotte du Mas d'Azil'' (sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not) is a "supersite" with rich remains of human usage from about 30,000 years ago, and is also a key site for the preceding Magdalenian culture. The D119 road runs right through the large cave, which is a natural tunnel 420 metres long and 50 metres high.;


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Communes of the Ariège department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Ariège department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Ariège (department) Archaeological sites in France Azilian Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ariège-geo-stub