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Miglos is a
Château de Miglos: the ruins of this castle are perched on a limestone outcrop high, a couple of kilometres upstream from the prehistoric caves at Niaux and the commune of Capoulet, in the valley of Vicdessos. It was built towards the beginning of the 13th century, later razed by order of Cardinal Richelieu and largely damaged at the time of the
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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in the Ariège department in southwestern France
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.
Geography
It is located in the former High Ariege in the High CountyFoix
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 ...
, Sabarthès.
The valley opens to the northwest Vicdessos valley at Capoulet, and to the south it forms a large bowl. The valley has an average altitude of .
The limits of the Barony under the former regime were almost the same as those of today. During the revolutionary period the municipality escaped fragmentation.
Population
Sights
Château de Miglos: the ruins of this castle are perched on a limestone outcrop high, a couple of kilometres upstream from the prehistoric caves at Niaux and the commune of Capoulet, in the valley of Vicdessos. It was built towards the beginning of the 13th century, later razed by order of Cardinal Richelieu and largely damaged at the time of the French Revolution
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.
In 1830, Jean-Louis Hycinthe de Vendômois, heir to the place, saw his residence plundered during the Guerre des Demoiselles (1829–1832) while opposing the peasants of Ariège with Charles X of France.
See also
* Communes of the Ariège departmentReferences
External links
Communes of Ariège (department) Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ariège-geo-stub