Allières (; oc, Alhèras) is a

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in the Ariège department in the

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region of southwestern

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Alliérasois'' or ''Alliérasoises''

Geography

Allières is located in the ''Plantaurel mountains'' in the ''Natural Regional Park of Pyrénées ariégeoises'' some 22 km west by north-west of

Foix Foix (; oc, Fois ; ca, Foix ) is a commune, the former capital of the County of Foix. It is the capital of the department of Ariège as it is the seat of the Préfecture of that department. Foix is located in the Occitanie region of south ...

and some 70 km south of

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...

. Access to the commune is by the minor D49 road which runs north from the D117 road through the commune and the village and continuing north across the mountains to join the D119 near Maury. There is also access by a minor road from the east. Apart from the village there is also the hamlet of Escougnale. The commune is heavily forested with a few farms.Google Maps
/ref> Numerous streams rise in the commune mostly flowing north to the ''Ruisseau de Mourisse'' which forms the northern border of the commune and flows west to join the

Arize The Arize (; oc, Arisa) is a river of France, a right tributary of the Garonne. It arises at in the massif of Arize, in the Pyrenees, in the department of Ariège. The Arize is long and flows into the Garonne at Carbonne. In its first it ...

river near Maury. There is also the ''Ruisseau de Peydalières'' rising in the west of the commune which flows west also to join the Arize.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Population

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint Roche contains two items that are registered as historical objects: *A Painting with frame: Presentation at the temple of the child Jesus with a saint bishop (17th century) *A Painting with frame: Virgin and child surrounded by Saint Julien and Saint Nicolas de Myre (1871)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Notable people linked to the commune

The Falentin Saintenac family has many dead in their chapel adjoining the church.

References

External links

Allières on the National Geographic Institute website

Allières on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Ailleres'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allieres Communes of Ariège (department)