Vicdessos

Vicdessos
Commune
A general view of Vicdessos
Coat of arms
Vicdessos
Location within Occitanie region  Vicdessos
Coordinates: 42°46′14″N 1°29′57″E / 42.7706°N 1.4992°E / 42.7706; 1.4992Coordinates: 42°46′14″N 1°29′57″E / 42.7706°N 1.4992°E / 42.7706; 1.4992
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	Sabarthès
Intercommunality	Auzat-Vicdessos
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean Magalhaes
Area1	6.01 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	511
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	09334 /09220
Elevation	652–1,585 m (2,139–5,200 ft) (avg. 705 m or 2,313 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.

Vicdessos is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

The superficy of Vicdessos is of about 6,01km2 with a minimum elevation of 652 meters and a maximum elevation of 1585 meters.

This Pyrennean township lies in the Natural regional park of Pyrenées ariégoises in the Vicdessos valley, at the feet of the Montcalm mountains.

Vicdessos is 15 km far from Tarascon-sur-Ariège and 95 km far from Toulouse.

Inhabitants of Vicdessos are called Vicdessosiens.