Arrondissement of Foix


The arrondissement of Foix is an arrondissement of France in the Ariège department in the Occitania region. It has 113 communes. Its population is 47,794, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Foix, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Albiès
  2. Alliat
  3. Appy
  4. Arabaux
  5. Arignac
  6. Arnave
  7. Artigues
  8. Artix
  9. Ascou
  10. Aston
  11. Aulos-Sinsat
  12. Auzat
  13. Axiat
  14. Ax-les-Thermes
  15. Baulou
  16. Bédeilhac-et-Aynat
  17. Bénac
  18. Bestiac
  19. Bompas
  20. Le Bosc
  21. Bouan
  22. Brassac
  23. Burret
  24. Les Cabannes
  25. Calzan
  26. Capoulet-et-Junac
  27. Carcanières
  28. Caussou
  29. Caychax-et-Senconac
  30. Cazaux
  31. Cazenave-Serres-et-Allens
  32. Celles
  33. Château-Verdun
  34. Cos
  35. Coussa
  36. Crampagna
  37. Dalou
  38. Ferrières-sur-Ariège
  39. Foix
  40. Ganac
  41. Garanou
  42. Génat
  43. Gestiès
  44. Gourbit
  45. Gudas
  46. L'Herm
  47. L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre
  48. Ignaux
  49. Illier-et-Laramade
  50. Lapège
  51. Larcat
  52. Larnat
  53. Lassur
  54. Lercoul
  55. Lordat
  56. Loubens
  57. Loubières
  58. Luzenac
  59. Malléon
  60. Mercus-Garrabet
  61. Mérens-les-Vals
  62. Miglos
  63. Mijanès
  64. Montaillou
  65. Montégut-Plantaurel
  66. Montgailhard
  67. Montoulieu
  68. Niaux
  69. Orgeix
  70. Orlu
  71. Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains
  72. Orus
  73. Pech
  74. Perles-et-Castelet
  75. Le Pla
  76. Prades
  77. Pradières
  78. Prayols
  79. Le Puch
  80. Quérigut
  81. Quié
  82. Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs
  83. Rieux-de-Pelleport
  84. Rouze
  85. Saint-Bauzeil
  86. Saint-Félix-de-Rieutord
  87. Saint-Jean-de-Verges
  88. Saint-Martin-de-Caralp
  89. Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat
  90. Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière
  91. Saurat
  92. Savignac-les-Ormeaux
  93. Ségura
  94. Serres-sur-Arget
  95. Siguer
  96. Sorgeat
  97. Soula
  98. Surba
  99. Tarascon-sur-Ariège
  100. Tignac
  101. Unac
  102. Urs
  103. Ussat
  104. Val-de-Sos
  105. Varilhes
  106. Vaychis
  107. Vèbre
  108. Ventenac
  109. Verdun
  110. Vernajoul
  111. Vernaux
  112. Verniolle
  113. Vira

History

The arrondissement of Foix was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Ariège, it lost 21 communes to the arrondissement of Pamiers and 13 communes to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons, and it gained 18 communes from the arrondissement of Pamiers.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Foix were, as of January 2015:
  1. Ax-les-Thermes
  2. La Bastide-de-Sérou
  3. Les Cabannes
  4. Foix-Rural
  5. Foix-Ville
  6. Lavelanet
  7. Quérigut
  8. Tarascon-sur-Ariège
  9. Vicdessos