Auzat is a common French, located in the department of the Ariège and the area the Midday-Pyrenees. Its inhabitants is called Auzatois.

Geography

Located in the the Pyrenees on the Vicdessos, it is a frontier commune with the Andorre and the Spain.

Districts, hamlets, localities and variations

• Artigue
• Marc

History

• 1907 Construction of the factory Pechiney (manufacture of Ingot S and Billet S of Aluminum).
• 1908 Construction of a central hydroelectric allowing to feed in electricity the Pechiney factory.
• 1939 Catastrophe of Izourt : avalanche causing the death of 28 people (see).
• 1990 Establishment of the Company of water of Montcalm.
• 2003 Closing of the Pechiney factory.

Administration

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Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

See too

• Common of Ariège

External bonds

• Auzat on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Auzat on the site of INSEE
• Auzat on the site of Quid
• Localization of Auzat on a chart of France and communes bordering
• Plane on Auzat on Mapquest
• Auzatvicdessos personal site on Auzat
• Report on the closing of the factory Pechiney

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