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.

## History

When the Ariège department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Foix was part of that original department.

## 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 , but it is the second in population, after Pamiers, with 51,473 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

### 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 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:

|No.|Canton|Foix|Pamiers|Saint-Girons|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Haute-Ariège|48|||48|
|2|Couserans Est|13||24|37|
|3|Foix|6|||6|
|4|Pays d'Olmes|23|||23|
|5|Sabarthès|32|||32|
|6|Val d'Ariège|13|15||28|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Foix has 135 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Aigues-Juntes <small>(09001)</small>
1. Albiès <small>(09004)</small>
1. Alliat <small>(09006)</small>
1. Allières <small>(09007)</small>
1. Alzen <small>(09009)</small>
1. Appy <small>(09012)</small>
1. Arabaux <small>(09013)</small>
1. Arignac <small>(09015)</small>
1. Arnave <small>(09016)</small>
1. Artigues <small>(09020)</small>
1. Ascou <small>(09023)</small>
1. Aston <small>(09024)</small>
1. Aulos <small>(09028)</small>
1. Auzat <small>(09030)</small>
1. Ax-les-Thermes <small>(09032)</small>
1. Axiat <small>(09031)</small>
1. Baulou <small>(09044)</small>
1. Bestiac <small>(09053)</small>
1. Bompas <small>(09058)</small>
1. Bouan <small>(09064)</small>
1. Brassac <small>(09066)</small>
1. Burret <small>(09068)</small>
1. Bédeilhac-et-Aynat <small>(09045)</small>
1. Bélesta <small>(09047)</small>
1. Bénac <small>(09049)</small>
1. Bénaix <small>(09051)</small>
1. Cadarcet <small>(09071)</small>
1. Capoulet-et-Junac <small>(09077)</small>
1. Carcanières <small>(09078)</small>
1. Carla-de-Roquefort <small>(09080)</small>
1. Caussou <small>(09087)</small>
1. Caychax <small>(09088)</small>
1. Cazenave-Serres-et-Allens <small>(09092)</small>
1. Celles <small>(09093)</small>
1. Château-Verdun <small>(09096)</small>
1. Cos <small>(09099)</small>
1. Dreuilhe <small>(09106)</small>
1. Durban-sur-Arize <small>(09108)</small>
1. Ferrières-sur-Ariège <small>(09121)</small>
1. Foix <small>(09122)</small>
1. Fougax-et-Barrineuf <small>(09125)</small>
1. Freychenet <small>(09126)</small>
1. Ganac <small>(09130)</small>
1. Garanou <small>(09131)</small>
1. Gestiès <small>(09134)</small>
1. Goulier <small>(09135)</small>
1. Gourbit <small>(09136)</small>
1. Génat <small>(09133)</small>
1. Ignaux <small>(09140)</small>
1. Ilhat <small>(09142)</small>
1. Illier-et-Laramade <small>(09143)</small>
1. L'Aiguillon <small>(09003)</small>
1. L'Herm <small>(09138)</small>
1. L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre <small>(09139)</small>
1. La Bastide-de-Sérou <small>(09042)</small>
1. Lapège <small>(09152)</small>
1. Larbont <small>(09154)</small>
1. Larcat <small>(09155)</small>
1. Larnat <small>(09156)</small>
1. Lassur <small>(09159)</small>
1. Lavelanet <small>(09160)</small>
1. Le Bosc <small>(09063)</small>
1. Le Pla <small>(09230)</small>
1. Le Puch <small>(09237)</small>
1. Lercoul <small>(09162)</small>
1. Les Cabannes <small>(09070)</small>
1. Lesparrou <small>(09165)</small>
1. Leychert <small>(09166)</small>
1. Lieurac <small>(09168)</small>
1. Lordat <small>(09171)</small>
1. Loubières <small>(09174)</small>
1. Luzenac <small>(09176)</small>
1. Mercus-Garrabet <small>(09188)</small>
1. Miglos <small>(09192)</small>
1. Mijanès <small>(09193)</small>
1. Montagagne <small>(09196)</small>
1. Montaillou <small>(09197)</small>
1. Montels <small>(09203)</small>
1. Montferrier <small>(09206)</small>
1. Montgaillard <small>(09207)</small>
1. Montoulieu <small>(09210)</small>
1. Montseron <small>(09212)</small>
1. Montségur <small>(09211)</small>
1. Mérens-les-Vals <small>(09189)</small>
1. Nalzen <small>(09215)</small>
1. Nescus <small>(09216)</small>
1. Niaux <small>(09217)</small>
1. Orgeix <small>(09218)</small>
1. Orlu <small>(09220)</small>
1. Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains <small>(09221)</small>
1. Orus <small>(09222)</small>
1. Pech <small>(09226)</small>
1. Perles-et-Castelet <small>(09228)</small>
1. Prades <small>(09232)</small>
1. Pradières <small>(09234)</small>
1. Prayols <small>(09236)</small>
1. Péreille <small>(09227)</small>
1. Quié <small>(09240)</small>
1. Quérigut <small>(09239)</small>
1. Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs <small>(09241)</small>
1. Raissac <small>(09242)</small>
1. Roquefixade <small>(09249)</small>
1. Roquefort-les-Cascades <small>(09250)</small>
1. Rouze <small>(09252)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-d'Aigues-Vives <small>(09262)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Verges <small>(09264)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Caralp <small>(09269)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat <small>(09272)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière <small>(09273)</small>
1. Saurat <small>(09280)</small>
1. Sautel <small>(09281)</small>
1. Savignac-les-Ormeaux <small>(09283)</small>
1. Sem <small>(09286)</small>
1. Senconac <small>(09287)</small>
1. Sentenac-de-Sérou <small>(09292)</small>
1. Serres-sur-Arget <small>(09293)</small>
1. Siguer <small>(09295)</small>
1. Sinsat <small>(09296)</small>
1. Sorgeat <small>(09298)</small>
1. Soula <small>(09300)</small>
1. Suc-et-Sentenac <small>(09302)</small>
1. Surba <small>(09303)</small>
1. Suzan <small>(09304)</small>
1. Tarascon-sur-Ariège <small>(09306)</small>
1. Tignac <small>(09311)</small>
1. Unac <small>(09318)</small>
1. Urs <small>(09320)</small>
1. Ussat <small>(09321)</small>
1. Vaychis <small>(09325)</small>
1. Verdun <small>(09328)</small>
1. Vernajoul <small>(09329)</small>
1. Vernaux <small>(09330)</small>
1. Vicdessos <small>(09334)</small>
1. Villeneuve-d'Olmes <small>(09336)</small>
1. Vèbre <small>(09326)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|09122|Foix|9,721|Foix|
|09160|Lavelanet|6,245|Pays d'Olmes|
|09306|Tarascon-sur-Ariège|3,322|Sabarthès|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Ariège department
- Communes of the Ariège department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Foix
- **insee**: 091
- **nbcomm**: 115
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Foix
- **area**: 1818.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Foix 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie