Auzat

Auzat
The Rue des Pyrénées, in Auzat
Auzat
Location within Occitanie region  Auzat
Coordinates: 42°46′02″N 1°28′51″E / 42.7672°N 1.4808°E / 42.7672; 1.4808Coordinates: 42°46′02″N 1°28′51″E / 42.7672°N 1.4808°E / 42.7672; 1.4808
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Vicdessos
Intercommunality	Auzat-Vicdessos
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Pierre Ruffé
Area1	162.74 km2 (62.83 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	582
• Density	3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	09030 / 09220
Elevation	720–3,143 m (2,362–10,312 ft) (avg. 737 m or 2,418 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.

Auzat is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auzatois or Auzatoises.

The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.

Auzat is located some 45 km south by south-west of Pamiers and 40 km north by north-west of Andorra la Vella. Its south-western border is the border between France and Spain and its south-eastern border is the border between France and Andorra. Access to the commune is by road D8 which branches from the D18 at Vicdessos and goes to the village then continues south to access the dam at Etang de Soulcem. Due to the extremely rugged terrain there is no access to Spain or Andorra from the commune. Its highest point is the Pica d'Estats (3143 m), which is located in the Montcalm Massif, exactly on the Spanish border.

Many streams rise in the south of the commune and flow north in two parallel main streams - the Ruisseau de la Coume de Subra and the Ruisseau de Mounicou. The Ruisseau de la Coume de Subra joins the Ruisseau de l'Artigue flowing east to join the Ruisseau de Mounicou which continues north to the village where it becomes the Ruisseau de Vicdessos then continues east to join the Ariege at Tarascon-sur-Ariège. There are also many lakes in the south of the commune with the Etang de Soulcem being the largest.

The commune has a rich environment in terms of Wilderness and ecological potential but industrialization has left traces: in particular the disused Pechiney Aluminium Smelter (closed in 2003) left heavy environmental consequences.