Ariège
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| Ariège | |
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| Coat of arms of the Ariège department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 09 |
| Region: | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Prefecture: | Foix |
| Subprefectures: | Pamiers Saint-Girons |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 22 |
| Communes: | 332 |
| President of the General Council: | Augustin Bonrepaux |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 96th |
| -1999 | 137,205 |
| Population density: | 28/km² |
| Land area¹: | 4890 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Ariège is a department in southwestern France named after the Ariège River.
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[edit] History
Ariège is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the counties of Foix and Couserans.
[edit] Geography
The department is part of the current region of Midi-Pyrénées and is surrounded by the French departments of Haute-Garonne, Aude, and Pyrénées-Orientales, as well as Spain and Andorra on the south.
The geography is dominated by the Pyrenees mountains, which form the border between France and Spain.
[edit] Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called Ariégeois.
[edit] Culture
The region was originally part of Aquitaine and has retained many hallmarks of the Gascon culture and Gascon language.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Ariège department
- Communes of the Ariège department
- Arrondissements of the Ariège department
[edit] External links
- (French)Conseil general website
- (French)Prefecture website
- (French)http://www.ariegenews.com/
- (French)http://www.ariege.com/
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