Arrondissement of Saint-Girons

The arrondissement of Saint-Girons is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Ariège département. Its capital is the city of Saint-Girons.

History
When the Ariège department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Saint-Girons was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Saint-Girons is the most western of the arrondissements of the Ariège department. It has the Haute-Garonne department to the west and north, the Pamiers arrondissement to the northeast, the Arrondissement of Foix to the east and Spain to the south.

It is the second in area, after Foix, of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , but it is the one with fewest people living in it with 27,399 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 Saint-Girons, there are 2 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: the Couserans Ouest and the  Portes du Couserans (28 communes) as can be seen in the following table:
+ Communes in the cantons by arrondissements No.  Canton  Foix  Pamiers  Saint-Girons  Total 1  Couserans Est 13   24  37 2  Couserans Ouest    30  30 3  Portes du Couserans   28  28
Communes
The arrondissement of Saint-Girons has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aleu (09005)
 Alos (09008)
 Antras (09011)
 Argein (09014)
 Arrien-en-Bethmale (09017)
 Arrout (09018)
 Aucazein (09025)
 Audressein (09026)
 Augirein (09027)
 Aulus-les-Bains (09029)
 Bagert (09033)
 Balacet (09034)
 Balaguères (09035)
 Barjac (09037)
 Betchat (09054)
 Bethmale (09055)
 Biert (09057)
 Bonac-Irazein (09059)
 Boussenac (09065)
 Buzan (09069)
 Bédeille (09046)
 Castelnau-Durban (09082)
 Castillon-en-Couserans (09085)
 Caumont (09086)
 Cazavet (09091)
 Cescau (09095)
 Clermont (09097)
 Contrazy (09098)
 Couflens (09100)
 Cérizols (09094)
 Encourtiech (09110)
 Engomer (09111)
 Ercé (09113)
 Erp (09114)
 Esplas-de-Sérou (09118)
 Eycheil (09119)
 Fabas (09120)
 Gajan (09128)
 Galey (09129)
 Illartein (09141)
 La Bastide-du-Salat (09041)
 Lacave (09148)
 Lacourt (09149)
 Lasserre (09158)
 Le Port (09231)
 Les Bordes-sur-Lez (09062)
 Lescure (09164)
 Lorp-Sentaraille (09289)
 Massat (09182)
 Mauvezin-de-Prat (09183)
 Mauvezin-de-Sainte-Croix (09184)
 Mercenac (09187)
 Montardit (09198)
 Montesquieu-Avantès (09204)
 Montgauch (09208)
 Montjoie-en-Couserans (09209)
 Montégut-en-Couserans (09201)
 Moulis (09214)
 Mérigon (09190)
 Orgibet (09219)
 Oust (09223)
 Prat-Bonrepaux (09235)
 Rimont (09246)
 Rivèrenert (09247)
 Saint-Girons (09261)
 Saint-Jean-du-Castillonnais (09263)
 Saint-Lary (09267)
 Saint-Lizier (09268)
 Sainte-Croix-Volvestre (09257)
 Salsein (09279)
 Seix (09285)
 Sentein (09290)
 Sentenac-d'Oust (09291)
 Sor (09297)
 Soueix-Rogalle (09299)
 Soulan (09301)
 Taurignan-Castet (09307)
 Taurignan-Vieux (09308)
 Tourtouse (09313)
 Uchentein (09317)
 Ustou (09322)
 Villeneuve (09335)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton 09261  Saint-Girons  6,284  Couserans Ouest 09268  Saint-Lizier  1,417  Portes du Couserans 09289  Lorp-Sentaraille  1,380  Portes du Couserans 09209  Montjoie-en-Couserans  1,072  Portes du Couserans
Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Ariège department
 Communes of the Ariège department

References

Saint-Girons