Albiès

Albiès
Albiès railway bridge
Albiès
Location within Occitanie region  Albiès
Coordinates: 42°46′42″N 1°42′10″E / 42.7783°N 1.7028°E / 42.7783; 1.7028Coordinates: 42°46′42″N 1°42′10″E / 42.7783°N 1.7028°E / 42.7783; 1.7028
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Haute-Ariège
Intercommunality	Haute-Ariège
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Claude Prat
Area1	7.69 km2 (2.97 sq mi)
Population (2014)2	132
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	09004 / 09310
Elevation	531–1,887 m (1,742–6,191 ft) (avg. 560 m or 1,840 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Albiès is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Albiésois or Albiésoises

Albiès is a long narrow commune oriented north-south about 25 km south by south-east of Foix and 15 km west by north-west of Ax-les-Thermes. It is traversed by Route Nationale N20 (E9) from Verdun in the north-west passing south of the village and continuing to the east. It is also possible to access the southern tip of the commune by road D522 from Les Cabannes to the west of the village via a tortuous mountain route west of the commune arriving at the southern tip of the commune where it terminates. The commune south of the N20 highway is heavily forested and inaccessible mountainous terrain. The village can be accessed by the Rue de Nappy going north from the N20 highway. A railway line passes through the village from west to east but there is no station in the commune. The nearest station is at Les Cabannes some 4 km to the west.

The Ariège river passes through the village flowing east parallel to the N20. The Ruisseau de Caychax flows from the north of the commune into the Ariège. The Ruisseau de Sauzelles rises in the south of the commune and flows north joining the Ruisseau de l'Oule which rises in the south-west and forms the southern portion of the western border before joining the Ruisseau de Sauzelles and becoming the Ruisseau de Lavel d'Albiès which is most of the western border before joining the Ravin de la Rescalbade and flowing into the Ariège as the Ruisseau de la Garganle. A separate stream - the Ruisseau de Garganle - forms part of the eastern border where it flows into the Ariège.

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

In 2009, the commune had 137 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.