Appy (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern

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Geography

Appy is located some 15 km south-east of

Tarascon-sur-Ariège Tarascon-sur-Ariège (, literally ''Tarascon on Ariège''; Languedocien: ''Tarascon d’Arièja'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Tarascon-sur-Ariège station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Lato ...

and 12 km north-west of

Ax-les-Thermes Ax-les-Thermes (; or ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Ariège (department), Ariège Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of southwestern France. The commune ha ...

. Access is by the D20 road from Axiat in the east passing through the village and continuing to Caychax in the west. Appy is a remote mountainous commune, heavily forested in the south and west, with the rest alpine terrain.Google Maps
/ref> In the north of the commune is the ''Etang d'Appy'' from which flows the ''Ruisseau de Lac d'Appy'' towards the south-west to join the ''Ruisseau de Caychax'' which joins the Ariège at

Albiès Albiès (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Ariège (department), Ariège Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie region of southwestern France. Geography Albiès is a long narrow commune o ...

. The eastern boundary of the commune is formed by the ''Ruisseau de Girabel'' which flows south joining with other streams to join the Ariege at

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. The ''Ruisseau de Camelong'' rises north of the village and flows south-east to join the ''Ruisseau de la Cassagne''.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Pynarols'' or ''Pynaroles'' in French. The village became almost uninhabited, so much so that there was a period of 64 years without a marriage: there was a marriage in 1946 then one in 2010 which was the subject of an article in ''

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''.''Appy: finally a marriage!''

, Jean Martinet, 28 June 2010

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