Le Mas-d'Azil

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Le Mas-d'Azil (French pronunciation: [lə mas dazil]; Occitan: Lo Mas d'Asilh) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France, containing a cave that is the typesite for the prehistoric Azilian culture. The Grotte du Mas d'Azil (sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not) is a "supersite" with rich remains of human usage from about 30,000 years ago, and is also a key site for the preceding Magdalenian culture. The D119 road runs right through the large cave, which is a natural tunnel 420 metres long and 50 metres high.^[3]

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Le Mas-d'Azil
Commune
The church of Saint-Etienne
Coat of arms
Location of Le Mas-d'Azil
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Coordinates: 43°04′54″N 1°21′41″E / 43.0817°N 1.3614°E / 43.0817; 1.3614
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Arize-Lèze
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Raymond Berdou[1]
Area 1	39.36 km2 (15.20 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,236
• Density	31.40/km2 (81.33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09181 /09290
Elevation	275–580 m (902–1,903 ft) (avg. 320 m or 1,050 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ^ Philippe Barbour; Dana Facaros; Michael Pauls (2004). Cadogan guides France. New Holland Publishers. p. 520. ISBN 186011881X.; Paul G. Bahn; Jean Vertut (1997). Journey Through the Ice Age. p. 96. ISBN 9780520213067.

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