Atlas of the landscapes of the Haute-Garonne: the Ariège Valley

This dataset proposes the geographical outline of the landscape unit of the Ariège Valley. The Ariège Valley settles between the Volvestre hills to the west and the Lauragais hills to the east. It reaches the north of the Garonne in Portet-sur-Garonne. Before becoming this wide High-garon valley, it is a Pyrenean river that abandons its mountain characters passed the Foix cluse.

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_**More:**_ knowledge tool offered to all, **the Landscape Atlas** identifies and characterises the landscapes of Haute-Garonne in their diversity, proposes a vision of the future for the quality of the territory, guides actions and gives them meaning. **24 Landscape Units have been identified** and are the subject of descriptive and prospective fact sheets to be discovered in full on [the site of the Atlas of landscapes of the Haute-Garonne](https://paysages.haute-garonne.fr/).

The Haute-Garonne Departmental Landscape Atlas has been developed jointly by the [Departmental Council of Haute-Garonne](https://www.haute-garonne.fr/) and the [Regional Directorate of Environment, Planning and Housing (DREAL) Occitanie](−), with the support of the [Council of Architecture, Urbanism and Environment (CAUE) of Haute-Garonne].