Baulou (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.INSEE commune file
Geography Baulou is located in the Pre-Pyrenees in the Plauntaurel Mountains and a part of the Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises some 12 km south by south-west of Pamiers and 6 km north-west of Foix. Access to the commune is by the D1 road from Vernajoul in the south-east which passes through the commune and ends in the village. The D11 branches from the D117 south-west of the commune and passes through continuing north-east to Loubens. The D1a branches off the D11 in the commune and goes north-west to Aigues-Juntes. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Clarac in the commune. The commune is mainly forest with some farmland along the D1 and in scattered parts.
The Ruisseau d'Argentat rises north of the village and flows towards the north-west into a small artificial lake before continuing north-west to join the Lèze north-west of Aigues-Juntes. Many streams feed the left bank of the Ruisseau d'Argentat including the Goute de Chenaut which also forms the north-western border of the commune, the Freyché, the Goute de Tariol, the Goute du Peyfourcat, and the Goute du Gouas. The Ruisseau de Carol flows from the south to the village then continues north to join the Ruisseau de la Plaine north of the commune. The Fajal rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south.
Toponymy Baulou appears as Boulou on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.
History In 1901, during the building of the Foix - Saint Girons railway a mammoth was discovered and called the "Mammoth of Baulou" by the scientific community.L. Bertrand, Discovery of a Mammoth Skeleton at Baulou, near Foix (Ariège), Bulletin of the Geological Society of France, 1901, Vol. 1, 187 pages, It was displayed in the hall of the Château de Foix departmental museumThe Mammouth of Baulou restored from its ashes, Stéphane Marcelot, 20 May 2009 before being transferred to the Parc pyrénéen de l'art préhistorique (Pyrenean park of prehistoric art) at Tarascon-sur-Ariège.Saint-Girons. To discover or rediscover, 17 May 2013, consulted on 21 December 2014
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 2001 2014 Robert Baures 2014 2026 Nathalie Esquinol
Demography The inhabitants of the commune are known as Baulouais or Baulouaises in French.Inhabitants of Ariège
Sites and monuments
The Labouiche underground river
See also Communes of the Ariège department
References
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