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.

Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, Décret n° 2014-174 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ariège 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.  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):

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

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

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