Sem, Ariège
Sem is a former commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Sos.Arrêté préfectoral
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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''.

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Val-de-Sos
Val-de-Sos is a commune in the Ariège department in southern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Vicdessos (the seat), Sem, Goulier and Suc-et-Sentenac.Arrêté préfectoral
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