Miglos is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Ariège

Ariège

Ariège is a department in southwestern France named after the Ariège River.- History :Ariège is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the counties of Foix and Couserans....

 department in southwestern France

France

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Geography

It is located in the former High Ariege in the High County Foix

Foix

Foix is a commune, the capital of the Ariège department in southwestern France. It is the least populous administrative centre of a department in all of France, although it is only very slightly smaller than Privas...

, Sabarthès.

The valley opens to the northwest Vicdessos

Vicdessos

Vicdessos is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Vicdessos are called Vicdessosiens.-References:*...

 valley at Capoulet, and to the south it forms a large bowl. The valley has an average altitude of 810 metres (2,657.5 ft).

The limits of the Barony under the former regime were almost the same as those of today. During the revolutionary period the municipality escaped fragmentation.

Population

Places of interest

• Château de Miglos – The ruins of a castle built on a rock piton 750 metres (2,460.6 ft) high. It was built towards the beginning of the 13th century, and was largely damaged at the time of the French Revolution
  French Revolution
  The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
  
  . In 1830, Jean-Louis Hycinthe de Vendômois, heir to the place, saw his residence plundered during the Guerre des Demoiselles (1829–1832) while opposing the peasants of Ariège with Charles X of France
  Charles X of France
  Charles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him...
  
  . The château is currently being restored.