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.

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, 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 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.  Canton  Foix  Pamiers  Saint-Girons  Total 1  Arize-Lèze   27   27 2  Mirepoix   35   35 3  Pamiers-1   14 + part of Pamiers   14 + part of Pamiers 4  Pamiers-2   7 + part of Pamiers   7 + part of Pamiers 5  Portes d'Ariège  16   16 6  Val d'Ariège  13  15   28

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:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton 09225  Pamiers  15,518  Pamiers-1 and Pamiers-2 09282  Saverdun  4,658  Portes d'Ariège 09185  Mazères  3,810  Portes d'Ariège 09324  Varilhes  3,148  Val d'Ariège 09194  Mirepoix  3,322  Mirepoix 09312  La Tour-du-Crieu  3,071  Pamiers-2

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

References

Pamiers