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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Alliat

Alliat (French pronunciation: [alja]; Occitan: Aliat) is a commune in the Ariège department and Occitanie region in southwestern France.

Geography

Commune in the "Haute-Ariège" part of the Pyrenees located 15 km from the city of Foix and 5 km from the city of Tarascon-sur-Ariège, in the "Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises".

Population

Inhabitants of Alliat are called Alliatois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 71—    
1975 68−0.61%
1982 65−0.64%
1990 55−2.07%
1999 62+1.34%
2007 66+0.78%
2012 58−2.55%
2017 51−2.54%
Source: INSEE

Sights

  • The "cave of the cow" (grotte de La Vache [fr]): with distinctive archeological strata discovered in its entrance and in the "salle Monique", opened to the public in 1979. It produced a remarkably rich collection of prehistorical objects from the Magdalenian era (12,000 to 14,000 years old), including a large number of harpoons and assegai points as well as more than 200 pieces of art: bones, engraved reindeer and red deer antlers, sculpture of animals, sometimes of humans, as well as rare species for that period: panther, bear, wolves, Saiga antelope, birds and salmon.
It was one of the first caves explored in Ariège (Félix Garrigou, in 1866). A second salle was discovered in 1952 and was explored by its discoverer, Romain Robert, until 1964.
  • Fortified cave Spoulgas d’Alliat: located 100 m south of the cave of the cow.

Activities

  • Rock climbing around the caves
  • Horse riding

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Maps and descriptions available in "Monographies villageoises en Sabarthès", Florence Guillot, 1999.