Artigues (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department, region of

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, southwestern

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Geography

Artigues is a remote mountain commune some 25 km south by south-west of

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and 20 km east of

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in a direct line. The D16 road from

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to Le Pla passes through the north-eastern corner of the commune but has no access to the commune. Access to the village is by a small mountain road, Laoutre, from Mijanès in the north-west. The commune is extremely rugged and heavily forested with alpine vegetation below the snow line. There is some farming activity near the village.Google Maps
/ref> The ''Ruisseau de Boutadieu'' forms the south-eastern border of the commune and flows north to join the ''Ruisseau d'Artigues'' which forms the rest of the eastern border as it flows north to join the ''Quérigut'' River just north of the commune. The ''Ruisseau de Laurenti'' rises in the south of the commune and flows north into the ''Étang de Laurenti'' in the south-centre of the commune. From there it continues east to join the ''Ruisseau de Boutadieu''. The ''Ruisseau de Fournet'' rises in the centre of the commune and flows north to join the ''Bruyante'' west of the commune. The ''Barrage de Noubais'' is on the northern border of the commune and the stream flowing out of it forms the northern border as it flows north-east to join the Quérigut.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Artiguois'' or ''Artiguoises'' in French.

Sites and monuments

In the Parish Church are several objects which are registered as historical objects: *2 Statues: Saint Just and Saint Pasteur (18th century) *A

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(17th century) *6

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s (17th century) *A

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(18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

References

External links

Artigues on the National Geographic Institute website

Artigues on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Arugues'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Artigues, Ariege Communes of Ariège (department)