Moulis 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

Moulis is situated on the D618 road, which follows the Lez river valley from Castillon-en-Couserans

Castillon-en-Couserans

Castillon-en-Couserans is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.Pierre Soulé , U.S. politician and diplomat, was born there.-Population:-References:*...

 to Saint Girons

Saint-Girons, Ariège

- Climate :-Sport:Stage 8 of the 2009 Tour de France finishes in Saint-Girons, after travelling 176 km from Andorra-la-Vella.-Gallery:...

. Either side of the Lez valley, the land surface of the commune rises steeply to forested mountains, giving a height difference of 1200 m between the lowest point of the commune and the highest.

Population

The inhabitants of Moulis are known as Moulisiens.
Much of the population is grouped in the villages of Moulis, Luzenac, Aubert and Pouech, all of which are in the Lez valley. The rest of the population is dispersed in small hamlets or isolated farms across the commune.