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

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.

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 , and the one with more people living in it with 73,702 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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
The arrondissement of Pamiers has 115 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aigues-Vives (09002)
 Artigat (09019)
 Artix (09021)
 Arvigna (09022)
 Belloc (09048)
 Benagues (09050)
 Besset (09052)
 Bonnac (09060)
 Brie (09067)
 Bézac (09056)
 Calzan (09072)
 Camarade (09073)
 Camon (09074)
 Campagne-sur-Arize (09075)
 Canté (09076)
 Carla-Bayle (09079)
 Castex (09084)
 Castéras (09083)
 Cazals-des-Baylès (09089)
 Cazaux (09090)
 Coussa (09101)
 Coutens (09102)
 Crampagna (09103)
 Dalou (09104)
 Daumazan-sur-Arize (09105)
 Dun (09107)
 Durfort (09109)
 Esclagne (09115)
 Escosse (09116)
 Esplas (09117)
 Fornex (09123)
 Gabre (09127)
 Gaudiès (09132)
 Gudas (09137)
 Justiniac (09146)
 La Bastide-de-Besplas (09038)
 La Bastide-de-Bousignac (09039)
 La Bastide-de-Lordat (09040)
 La Bastide-sur-l'Hers (09043)
 La Tour-du-Crieu (09312)
 Labatut (09147)
 Lagarde (09150)
 Lanoux (09151)
 Lapenne (09153)
 Laroque-d'Olmes (09157)
 Le Carlaret (09081)
 Le Fossat (09124)
 Le Mas-d'Azil (09181)
 Le Peyrat (09229)
 Le Vernet (09331)
 Les Bordes-sur-Arize (09061)
 Les Issards (09145)
 Les Pujols (09238)
 Lescousse (09163)
 Limbrassac (09169)
 Lissac (09170)
 Loubaut (09172)
 Loubens (09173)
 Ludiès (09175)
 Léran (09161)
 Lézat-sur-Lèze (09167)
 Madière (09177)
 Malegoude (09178)
 Malléon (09179)
 Manses (09180)
 Mazères (09185)
 Mirepoix (09194)
 Monesple (09195)
 Montaut (09199)
 Montbel (09200)
 Montfa (09205)
 Montégut-Plantaurel (09202)
 Moulin-Neuf (09213)
 Méras (09186)
 Pailhès (09224)
 Pamiers (09225)
 Pradettes (09233)
 Rieucros (09244)
 Rieux-de-Pelleport (09245)
 Roumengoux (09251)
 Régat (09243)
 Sabarat (09253)
 Saint-Amadou (09254)
 Saint-Amans (09255)
 Saint-Bauzeil (09256)
 Saint-Félix-de-Rieutord (09258)
 Saint-Félix-de-Tournegat (09259)
 Saint-Jean-du-Falga (09265)
 Saint-Julien-de-Gras-Capou (09266)
 Saint-Martin-d'Oydes (09270)
 Saint-Michel (09271)
 Saint-Quentin-la-Tour (09274)
 Saint-Quirc (09275)
 Saint-Victor-Rouzaud (09276)
 Saint-Ybars (09277)
 Sainte-Foi (09260)
 Sainte-Suzanne (09342)
 Saverdun (09282)
 Sieuras (09294)
 Ségura (09284)
 Tabre (09305)
 Teilhet (09309)
 Thouars-sur-Arize (09310)
 Tourtrol (09314)
 Troye-d'Ariège (09316)
 Trémoulet (09315)
 Unzent (09319)
 Vals (09323)
 Varilhes (09324)
 Ventenac (09327)
 Verniolle (09332)
 Villeneuve-du-Latou (09338)
 Villeneuve-du-Paréage (09339)
 Vira (09340)
 Viviès (09341)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Ariège department
 Communes of the Ariège department

References

Pamiers
Occitanie