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, 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
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:

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

## References