Vicdessos is a former
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Ariège department in southwestern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Val-de-Sos.
Arrêté préfectoral
16 July 2018, p. 160
Geography
The area of Vicdessos is about 6.01 km2 with a minimum elevation of 652 meters and a maximum elevation of 1585 meters.
Location
This Pyrenean town lies in the Natural regional park of Pyrenées ariégoises in the Vicdessos valley, at the feet of the Montcalm mountains.
Vicdessos is 15 km from Tarascon-sur-Ariège and 95 km from Toulouse
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.
Population
Inhabitants of Vicdessos are called ''Vicdessosiens''.
See also
* Communes of the Ariège department
* Montcalm Massif
References
Former communes of Ariège (department)
Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Populated places disestablished in 2019
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