Niaux
Niaux is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. 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.- Type: Village with 153 residents
- Description: commune in Ariège, France
- Postal code: 09400
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave of Niaux and Château de Miglos.
Cave of Niaux
Cave
The Cave of Niaux is located in the Niaux commune, Ariège département in southwestern France as part of a wider geological system that includes the Sabart Cave and Lombrives Cave in the hill of Cap de la Lesse de Bialac.
Château de Miglos
Castle
Château de Miglos, also known as Château d'Arquizat, is a ruined castle in the commune of Miglos in Ariège, Occitanie, France. The castle overlooks the Vicdessos Valley and was a defensive structure for the County of Foix in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarascon-sur-Ariège and Gestiès.
Tarascon-sur-Ariège
Village
Gestiès
Village
Gestiès is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Gestiès is situated 5 km south of Niaux.
Siguer
Village
Siguer is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Siguer is situated 5 km south of Niaux.
Niaux
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Niaux, Arrondissement of Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
42.80931° or 42° 48′ 34″ north
Longitude
1.59111° or 1° 35′ 28″ east
Population
153
Elevation
552 metres (1,811 feet)
Open location code
8FJ3RH5R+PC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Niaux” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Niaux”
- Aragonese: “Nhaus”
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- Armenian: “Նիո”
- Arpitan: “Niaux”
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- Catalan: “Nhaus”
- Cebuano: “Niaux”
- Chechen: “Ньо”
- Chinese: “Niaux”
- Chinese: “尼奥”
- Corsican: “Niaux”
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- German: “Niaux”
- Greek: “Νιώ”
- Hungarian: “Niaux”
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- Low German: “Niaux”
- Luxembourgish: “Niaux”
- Mainfränkisch: “Niaux”
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- Malay: “Niaux”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Niaux”
- Minangkabau: “Niaux”
- Narom: “Niaux”
- Neapolitan: “Niaux”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Niaux”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niaux”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Nhaus”
- Papiamento: “Niaux”
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- Piemontese: “Niaux”
- Polish: “Niaux”
- Portuguese: “Niaux”
- Prussian: “Niaux”
- Romagnol: “Niaux”
- Romanian: “Niaux”
- Romansh: “Niaux”
- Russian: “Ньо”
- Sardinian: “Niaux”
- Scots: “Niaux”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Niaux”
- Serbian: “Niaux”
- Sicilian: “Niaux”
- Slovak: “Niaux”
- Spanish: “Niaux”
- Swahili: “Niaux”
- Swedish: “Niaux”
- Swiss German: “Niaux”
- Tatar: “Ньо”
- Turkish: “Niaux”
- Ukrainian: “Ніо”
- Uzbek: “Niaux”
- Venetian: “Niaux”
- Vietnamese: “Niaux”
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- Waray (Philippines): “Niaux”
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- Zulu: “Niaux”
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