Sem, Ariège
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Sem is a former commune in the Ariège department in southwestern
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
. 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

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Communes of the Ariège department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Ariège department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Former communes of Ariège (department) Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Populated places disestablished in 2019 {{Ariège-geo-stub