Arrondissement of Foix

The arrondissement of Foix is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Ariège département. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Foix.

Foix
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Location within the region Occitanie
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAriège
No. of communes115
PrefectureFoix
Area
1,818.5 km2 (702.1 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
47,433
INSEE code091

History

When the Ariège department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Foix was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Foix has the Pamiers arrondissement to the north, the Aude department to the east, the Pyrénées-Orientales department to the southeast, Andorra to the south, Spain to the southwest and the Saint-Girons arrondissement to the west.

It is the largest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 2,077.8 km2 (802 sq mi),[3] but it is the second in population, after Pamiers, with 51,473 inhabitants and a density of 24.8 inhabitants/km².[4]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Foix, there are 4 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Haute-Ariège, Foix, Pays d'Olmes and Sabarthès as can be seen in the following table:

Communes in the cantons by arrondissements
No.CantonFoixPamiersSaint-GironsTotal
1Haute-Ariège4848
2Couserans Est132437
3Foix66
4Pays d'Olmes2323
5Sabarthès3232
6Val d'Ariège131528

Communes

The arrondissement of Foix has 135 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Aigues-Juntes (09001)
  2. Albiès (09004)
  3. Alliat (09006)
  4. Allières (09007)
  5. Alzen (09009)
  6. Appy (09012)
  7. Arabaux (09013)
  8. Arignac (09015)
  9. Arnave (09016)
  10. Artigues (09020)
  11. Ascou (09023)
  12. Aston (09024)
  13. Aulos (09028)
  14. Auzat (09030)
  15. Ax-les-Thermes (09032)
  16. Axiat (09031)
  17. Baulou (09044)
  18. Bestiac (09053)
  19. Bompas (09058)
  20. Bouan (09064)
  21. Brassac (09066)
  22. Burret (09068)
  23. Bédeilhac-et-Aynat (09045)
  24. Bélesta (09047)
  25. Bénac (09049)
  26. Bénaix (09051)
  27. Cadarcet (09071)
  28. Capoulet-et-Junac (09077)
  29. Carcanières (09078)
  30. Carla-de-Roquefort (09080)
  31. Caussou (09087)
  32. Caychax (09088)
  33. Cazenave-Serres-et-Allens (09092)
  34. Celles (09093)
  35. Château-Verdun (09096)
  36. Cos (09099)
  37. Dreuilhe (09106)
  38. Durban-sur-Arize (09108)
  39. Ferrières-sur-Ariège (09121)
  40. Foix (09122)
  41. Fougax-et-Barrineuf (09125)
  42. Freychenet (09126)
  43. Ganac (09130)
  44. Garanou (09131)
  45. Gestiès (09134)
  46. Goulier (09135)
  47. Gourbit (09136)
  48. Génat (09133)
  49. Ignaux (09140)
  50. Ilhat (09142)
  51. Illier-et-Laramade (09143)
  52. L'Aiguillon (09003)
  53. L'Herm (09138)
  54. L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre (09139)
  55. La Bastide-de-Sérou (09042)
  56. Lapège (09152)
  57. Larbont (09154)
  58. Larcat (09155)
  59. Larnat (09156)
  60. Lassur (09159)
  61. Lavelanet (09160)
  62. Le Bosc (09063)
  63. Le Pla (09230)
  64. Le Puch (09237)
  65. Lercoul (09162)
  66. Les Cabannes (09070)
  67. Lesparrou (09165)
  68. Leychert (09166)
  69. Lieurac (09168)
  70. Lordat (09171)
  71. Loubières (09174)
  72. Luzenac (09176)
  73. Mercus-Garrabet (09188)
  74. Miglos (09192)
  75. Mijanès (09193)
  76. Montagagne (09196)
  77. Montaillou (09197)
  78. Montels (09203)
  79. Montferrier (09206)
  80. Montgaillard (09207)
  81. Montoulieu (09210)
  82. Montseron (09212)
  83. Montségur (09211)
  84. Mérens-les-Vals (09189)
  85. Nalzen (09215)
  86. Nescus (09216)
  87. Niaux (09217)
  88. Orgeix (09218)
  89. Orlu (09220)
  90. Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains (09221)
  91. Orus (09222)
  92. Pech (09226)
  93. Perles-et-Castelet (09228)
  94. Prades (09232)
  95. Pradières (09234)
  96. Prayols (09236)
  97. Péreille (09227)
  98. Quié (09240)
  99. Quérigut (09239)
  100. Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs (09241)
  101. Raissac (09242)
  102. Roquefixade (09249)
  103. Roquefort-les-Cascades (09250)
  104. Rouze (09252)
  105. Saint-Jean-d'Aigues-Vives (09262)
  106. Saint-Jean-de-Verges (09264)
  107. Saint-Martin-de-Caralp (09269)
  108. Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat (09272)
  109. Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière (09273)
  110. Saurat (09280)
  111. Sautel (09281)
  112. Savignac-les-Ormeaux (09283)
  113. Sem (09286)
  114. Senconac (09287)
  115. Sentenac-de-Sérou (09292)
  116. Serres-sur-Arget (09293)
  117. Siguer (09295)
  118. Sinsat (09296)
  119. Sorgeat (09298)
  120. Soula (09300)
  121. Suc-et-Sentenac (09302)
  122. Surba (09303)
  123. Suzan (09304)
  124. Tarascon-sur-Ariège (09306)
  125. Tignac (09311)
  126. Unac (09318)
  127. Urs (09320)
  128. Ussat (09321)
  129. Vaychis (09325)
  130. Verdun (09328)
  131. Vernajoul (09329)
  132. Vernaux (09330)
  133. Vicdessos (09334)
  134. Villeneuve-d'Olmes (09336)
  135. Vèbre (09326)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		Canton
09122Foix9,721Foix
09160Lavelanet6,245Pays d'Olmes
09306Tarascon-sur-Ariège3,322Sabarthès

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique de l'Ariège". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. "Arrondissement de Foix (091)". Publications et statistiques pour la France ou les régions (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. Décret n° 2014-174 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ariège
  6. "Arrondissement de Foix (091)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

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