REDUCED in price - Nestled in the heart of a village between Foix and Tarascon in the Ariege department of the Midi Pyrenees, this house has retained its characteristics of a mountain house. An open fireplace in the kitchen with its bread oven, its original parquet floors in the bedrooms, a cellar for canned goods. It is composed of:

- Ground floor: an entrance, a kitchen, a living room and a bathroom on the ground floor.

- First floor: 4 bedrooms upstairs.

- Above: convertible attic.

Plan for some modernisation work and redistribution of parts.

Opening onto a large courtyard with trees and a lean-to, it takes full advantage of its west orientation.

The department of Ariege borders the departments of Haute-Garonne (to the north and to the west), Aude and Pyrenees-Orientales (to the east), as well as bordering Andorra and Spain to the south.

The Ariege department was created from a former part of the Aquitaine region, this area has retained many aspects of the Gascon culture. Foix is the major town of the department. Pamiers and Mirepoix are also worth a visit for culture and entertainment. The region also has lots of pretty villages and countryside, it is a beautiful rural department.

Ariege nestles in the Pyrenees mountains and offers besides an outstanding flora, many lisards, marmots and bears. More than 50% of the territory is mountainous and forests cover about 491,000 hectares. Even if Ariege belongs to the least populated French departments (140,000 inhabitants), the nature there is amongst the most unspoiled of the country.

The Ariegeois (Ariege's inhabitants) are rightly proud of their department, the soil is very fertile and allows for intense farming activity. The locals enjoy keeping many old traditions alive, especially farming techniques.

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