Arrondissement of Pamiers

The arrondissement of Pamiers is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Ariège département. Its capital is the city of Pamiers.

Pamiers
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Location within the region Occitanie
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAriège
No. of communes91
SubprefecturePamiers
Area
1,052.2 km2 (406.3 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
64,972
INSEE code092

History

When the Ariège department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Pamiers was part of that original department, but it was eliminated in 1926. In 1942, Pamiers was made again an arrondissement.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Pamiers is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Ariège department. It has the Haute-Garonne department to the west and north, the Aude department to the east, the Arrondissement of Foix to the south and the Saint-Girons arrondissement to the southwest.

It is the smallest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,315 square kilometres (508 square miles),[3] and the one with more people living in it with 73,702 inhabitants and a density of 56.0 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 Pamiers, there are 5 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Arize-Lèze, Mirepoix, Pamiers-1, Pamiers-2 and Portes d'Ariège as can be seen in the following table:

Communes in the cantons by arrondissements
No.CantonFoixPamiersSaint-GironsTotal
1Arize-Lèze2727
2Mirepoix3535
3Pamiers-114 + part of Pamiers14 + part of Pamiers
4Pamiers-27 + part of Pamiers7 + part of Pamiers
5Portes d'Ariège1616
6Val d'Ariège131528

Communes

The arrondissement of Pamiers has 115 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Aigues-Vives (09002)
  2. Artigat (09019)
  3. Artix (09021)
  4. Arvigna (09022)
  5. Belloc (09048)
  6. Benagues (09050)
  7. Besset (09052)
  8. Bonnac (09060)
  9. Brie (09067)
  10. Bézac (09056)
  11. Calzan (09072)
  12. Camarade (09073)
  13. Camon (09074)
  14. Campagne-sur-Arize (09075)
  15. Canté (09076)
  16. Carla-Bayle (09079)
  17. Castex (09084)
  18. Castéras (09083)
  19. Cazals-des-Baylès (09089)
  20. Cazaux (09090)
  21. Coussa (09101)
  22. Coutens (09102)
  23. Crampagna (09103)
  24. Dalou (09104)
  25. Daumazan-sur-Arize (09105)
  26. Dun (09107)
  27. Durfort (09109)
  28. Esclagne (09115)
  29. Escosse (09116)
  30. Esplas (09117)
  31. Fornex (09123)
  32. Gabre (09127)
  33. Gaudiès (09132)
  34. Gudas (09137)
  35. Justiniac (09146)
  36. La Bastide-de-Besplas (09038)
  37. La Bastide-de-Bousignac (09039)
  38. La Bastide-de-Lordat (09040)
  39. La Bastide-sur-l'Hers (09043)
  40. La Tour-du-Crieu (09312)
  41. Labatut (09147)
  42. Lagarde (09150)
  43. Lanoux (09151)
  44. Lapenne (09153)
  45. Laroque-d'Olmes (09157)
  46. Le Carlaret (09081)
  47. Le Fossat (09124)
  48. Le Mas-d'Azil (09181)
  49. Le Peyrat (09229)
  50. Le Vernet (09331)
  51. Les Bordes-sur-Arize (09061)
  52. Les Issards (09145)
  53. Les Pujols (09238)
  54. Lescousse (09163)
  55. Limbrassac (09169)
  56. Lissac (09170)
  57. Loubaut (09172)
  58. Loubens (09173)
  59. Ludiès (09175)
  60. Léran (09161)
  61. Lézat-sur-Lèze (09167)
  62. Madière (09177)
  63. Malegoude (09178)
  64. Malléon (09179)
  65. Manses (09180)
  66. Mazères (09185)
  67. Mirepoix (09194)
  68. Monesple (09195)
  69. Montaut (09199)
  70. Montbel (09200)
  71. Montfa (09205)
  72. Montégut-Plantaurel (09202)
  73. Moulin-Neuf (09213)
  74. Méras (09186)
  75. Pailhès (09224)
  76. Pamiers (09225)
  77. Pradettes (09233)
  78. Rieucros (09244)
  79. Rieux-de-Pelleport (09245)
  80. Roumengoux (09251)
  81. Régat (09243)
  82. Sabarat (09253)
  83. Saint-Amadou (09254)
  84. Saint-Amans (09255)
  85. Saint-Bauzeil (09256)
  86. Saint-Félix-de-Rieutord (09258)
  87. Saint-Félix-de-Tournegat (09259)
  88. Saint-Jean-du-Falga (09265)
  89. Saint-Julien-de-Gras-Capou (09266)
  90. Saint-Martin-d'Oydes (09270)
  91. Saint-Michel (09271)
  92. Saint-Quentin-la-Tour (09274)
  93. Saint-Quirc (09275)
  94. Saint-Victor-Rouzaud (09276)
  95. Saint-Ybars (09277)
  96. Sainte-Foi (09260)
  97. Sainte-Suzanne (09342)
  98. Saverdun (09282)
  99. Sieuras (09294)
  100. Ségura (09284)
  101. Tabre (09305)
  102. Teilhet (09309)
  103. Thouars-sur-Arize (09310)
  104. Tourtrol (09314)
  105. Troye-d'Ariège (09316)
  106. Trémoulet (09315)
  107. Unzent (09319)
  108. Vals (09323)
  109. Varilhes (09324)
  110. Ventenac (09327)
  111. Verniolle (09332)
  112. Villeneuve-du-Latou (09338)
  113. Villeneuve-du-Paréage (09339)
  114. Vira (09340)
  115. Viviès (09341)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		Canton
09225Pamiers15,518Pamiers-1 and Pamiers-2
09282Saverdun4,658Portes d'Ariège
09185Mazères3,810Portes d'Ariège
09324Varilhes3,148Val d'Ariège
09194Mirepoix3,322Mirepoix
09312La Tour-du-Crieu3,071Pamiers-2

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 Pamiers (092)". 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 Pamiers (092)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

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