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{{Infobox French commune |name = Mérens-les-Vals |commune status = Commune |image = France Mérens-les-Vals Church.jpg |caption = The church in Mérens-les-Vals |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Mérens-les-Vals (Ariège).svg |arrondissement = Foix |canton = Haute-Ariège |INSEE = 09189 |postal code = 09110 |mayor = Jean-Pierre Sicre<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = |coordinates = {{coord|42.6589|1.8369|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 1050 |elevation min m = 929 |elevation max m = 2840 |area km2 = 80.12 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Mérens-les-Vals''' ({{IPA|fr|meʁɛ̃s le vals}}; Languedocien: ''Merens las Vals'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
==Geography== Mérens-les-Vals, as its name implies, has several valleys. The village is at the confluence of three valleys: Ariège, Nabre and Morgoulliou. The village has a train station (Mérens-les-Vals station) on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The night train from Gare d'Austerlitz, Paris to Latour-de-Carol stops here. The journey taking about nine hours. There are six local trains a day to Toulouse, this journey takes 2 hours and 15 minutes.
==Population== Inhabitants are called ''Mérengois'' in French. {{Historical populations |source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-09189#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |percentages = pagr |align = none |1968 |195 |1975 |157 |1982 |143 |1990 |149 |1999 |180 |2007 |187 |2012 |178 |2017 |168 |2023 |166 }}
==See also== *Communes of the Ariège department *Mérens horse
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Merenslesvals}} Category:Communes of Ariège (department) Category:Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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