Mérens-les-Vals

Commune in Occitanie, France

Not to be confused with Mérens.

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Commune in Occitania, France

Mérens-les-Vals
Commune
The church in Mérens-les-Vals The church in Mérens-les-Vals
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Location of Mérens-les-Vals Map
Mérens-les-Vals is located in France Mérens-les-Vals Mérens-les-Vals Show map of France Mérens-les-Vals is located in Occitanie Mérens-les-Vals Mérens-les-Vals Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°39′32′′N 1°50′13′′E / 42.6589°N 1.8369°E / 42.6589; 1.8369
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Haute-Ariège
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Sicre^[1]
Area ¹	80.12 km² (30.93 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	168
• Density	2.1/km² (5.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09189 /09110
Elevation	929–2,840 m (3,048–9,318 ft) (avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mérens-les-Vals (French pronunciation: [meʁɛ̃slevals] ; Languedocien: Merens las Vals) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Geography

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Mérens-les-Vals, as its name implies, has several valleys. The village is at the confluence of three valleys: Ariège, Nabre and Morgoulliou. The village has a train station (Mérens-les-Vals station) on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The night train from Gare d'Austerlitz, Paris to Latour-de-Carol stops here. The journey taking about nine hours. There are six local trains a day to Toulouse, this journey takes 2 hours and 15 minutes.