Laboratoire Souterrain de Moulis

Underground laboratory of Moulis


Useful Information

Location: Moulis, Ariège. 110 km south of Toulouse. From St Bosoms (Ariège) follow D618 to Castillon. At the city limits of Moulis, turn left and follow the signposts.
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Classification: SpeleologyKarst cave
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Address: Laboratoire Souterrain de Moulis, 09 200 Moulis (France), Tel: +33-561040360, Fax: +33-561960851.
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History

1948 founded by professor Albert Vandel.

Description

The CNRS (National Center of Scientific Research aka Laboratoire Souterrain de Moulis) is a cave research institute with focus on cave biology. It has buildings and ground in Moulis, but much more important are two cave laboratories and seven cave stations, where various measurements are made.

This area is ideal for a speleological institute: nearly 250 cavities are known in a radius of 25 km around Moulis. One of the laboratories is located in the ShowcaveGrotte de Moulis, the other one in the Grotte de Aulignac, where cave olms are breeded.