Sem is a former
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Ariège department in southwestern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Val-de-Sos.
Arrêté préfectoral
16 July 2018, p. 160
Geography and sights
The Sem village lies in the ''Vicdessos valley'' at 991 meters above sea level. It is an old mining village, tied with the history of the iron mining of ''Rancié''. The stream of Sem forms a huge waterfall (Carraoucou waterfall) and a cone. A big rock called "the dolmen" of Sem was made by a former glacier.
Population
Inhabitants of Sem are called ''Sémois''.
See also
* Communes of the Ariège department
References
Former communes of Ariège (department)
Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Populated places disestablished in 2019
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