Niaux

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

Niaux
Location of Niaux
Niaux
Niaux
Coordinates: 42°48′51″N 1°35′31″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementFoix
CantonSabarthès
IntercommunalityPays de Tarascon
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean Idarreta
Area
1
3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
153
  Density38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09217 /09400
Elevation509–1,322 m (1,670–4,337 ft)
(avg. 546 m or 1,791 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Located on the right banks of the Vicdessos river, Niaux is the site of the Cave of Niaux, which is famous for its prehistoric cave paintings of bison and horses from the Magdalenian era.

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