Arrout (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western

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Geography

Arrout is a commune in the

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mountains in the former province of

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some 12 km south-west of Saint-Girons and 3 km north of

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. Access to the commune is by a country road from the end of the D404, which comes from Cescau in the south-east, to the village or by the ''Chemin d'Arrout'' from

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in the south. There is also a country road from Alas in the north-east. The commune is rugged and heavily forested throughout.Google Maps
/ref> The ''Lez'' river forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-east to join the

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at Saint-Girons. The ''Cayssau'' stream rises in the north-west and forms the north-western border before joining the ''Ruisseau de Lachein''. The ''Ruisseau de Lasquert'' rises in the centre of the commune and flows north-east to join the Ruisseau de Lachein which flows south-west to join the Lez.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arrotois'' or ''Arrotoises'' in French. Arrout Mairie

Culture and Heritage

Arrout is one of the communes who received the ''Green Star of Esperanto'' from ''Esperanto info'', an award given to mayors of communes who take a census of

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speakers.

Religious Heritage

The Church contains three items that are registered as historical objects: *A

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with

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(17th century) *A Ciborium (17th century) *A

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door (12th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

References

External links

Arrout on the National Geographic Institute website

Arrout official website

Arrout on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Arrout'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{authority control Communes of Ariège (department)