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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Département Ariège – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Département Ariège" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AC_(%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A)" title="أرييج (إقليم فرنسي) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أرييج (إقليم فرنسي)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ja" title="Arièja – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Arièja" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A9g%C2%B7e_(d%C3%A8partement)" title="Ariég·e (dèpartement) – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Ariég·e (dèpartement)" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryej" title="Aryej – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Aryej" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%E2%80%99%D0%B5%D0%B6_(%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82)" title="Ар’еж (дэпартамент) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ар’еж (дэпартамент)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%E2%80%99%D0%B5%D0%B6" title="Ар’еж – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ар’еж" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B6_(%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82)" title="Ариеж (департамент) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ариеж (департамент)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arieja_(departamant)" title="Arieja (departamant) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Arieja (departamant)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arieja" title="Arieja – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Arieja" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B6" title="Арьеж – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Арьеж" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(departement)" title="Ariège (departement) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ariège (departement)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Département Ariège – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Département Ariège" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge%27i_departemang" title="Ariège'i departemang – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ariège'i departemang" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%AD%CE%B6_(%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82)" title="Αριέζ (νομός) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αριέζ (νομός)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)" title="Ariège (department) – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Ariège (department)" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%8C%DA%98" title="آرییژ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آرییژ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(d%C3%A9partement)" title="Ariège (département) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ariège (département)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge-s%C3%A9n" title="Ariège-sén – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Ariège-sén" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%90%EC%A3%BC%EC%A3%BC" title="아리에주주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아리에주주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%B5%D5%A5%D5%AA_(%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%BC)" title="Արյեժ (գավառ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արյեժ (գավառ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B6" title="Арьеж – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Арьеж" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%96%27" title="ארייז' – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ארייז'" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9F%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="არეჟის დეპარტამენტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="არეჟის დეპარტამენტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B6" title="Арьеж – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Арьеж" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(kizunga)" title="Ariège (kizunga) – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Ariège (kizunga)" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(dipartim%C3%ABnt)" title="Ariège (dipartimënt) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Ariège (dipartimënt)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurigera_(praefectura_Franciae)" title="Aurigera (praefectura Franciae) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Aurigera (praefectura Franciae)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arj%C4%93%C5%BEa" title="Arjēža – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Arjēža" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departement_Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Departement Ariège – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Departement Ariège" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arje%C5%BEas_(departamentas)" title="Arježas (departamentas) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Arježas (departamentas)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(dipartiment)" title="Ariège (dipartiment) – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Ariège (dipartiment)" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(megye)" title="Ariège (megye) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ariège (megye)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%B6" title="Арјеж – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Арјеж" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C" title="आर्येज – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="आर्येज" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(departement)" title="Ariège (departement) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ariège (departement)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E7%9C%8C" title="アリエージュ県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アリエージュ県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B3%D3%80%D0%B5%D0%B6" title="АгӀеж – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="АгӀеж" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(Department)" title="Ariège (Department) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Ariège (Department)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departament_d%27Ari%C3%A8ja" title="Departament d'Arièja – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Departament d'Arièja" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(departament)" title="Ariège (departament) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ariège (departament)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%AF" title="ضلع اریگ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع اریگ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipartiment_%C3%ABd_l%27Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Dipartiment ëd l'Ariège – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Dipartiment ëd l'Ariège" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(departament)" title="Ariège (departament) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ariège (departament)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arieja" title="Arieja – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Arieja" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B6" title="Арьеж – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Арьеж" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(depairtment)" title="Ariège (depairtment) – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Ariège (depairtment)" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(departement)" title="Ariège (departement) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Ariège (departement)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(departma)" title="Ariège (departma) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Ariège (departma)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%B6" title="Арјеж – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Арјеж" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%8C" title="จังหวัดอาเรียฌ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดอาเรียฌ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6" title="Департаменти Ареж – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Департаменти Ареж" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%27%D1%94%D0%B6" title="Ар'єж – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Ар'єж" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC_(%D9%85%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%81)" title="اریج (محکمہ) – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="اریج (محکمہ)" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Ariège – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Ariège" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" 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class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chateau_de_foix_vue_ouest.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The castle of Foix, Ariège."><img alt="The castle of Foix" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Chateau_de_foix_vue_ouest.JPG/250px-Chateau_de_foix_vue_ouest.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Chateau_de_foix_vue_ouest.JPG/375px-Chateau_de_foix_vue_ouest.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Chateau_de_foix_vue_ouest.JPG/500px-Chateau_de_foix_vue_ouest.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The castle of Foix, Ariège.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9530278">.mw-parser-output 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&params=43_00_N_1_30_E_region:FR_type:adm2nd"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">43°00′N</span> <span class="longitude">1°30′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">43.000°N 1.500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">43.000; 1.500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">France</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Occitanie" title="Occitanie">Occitanie</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_in_France" title="Prefectures in France">Prefecture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Foix" title="Foix">Foix</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subprefectures_in_France" title="Subprefectures in France">Subprefectures</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><a href="/wiki/Pamiers" title="Pamiers">Pamiers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint-Girons,_Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Saint-Girons, Ariège">Saint-Girons</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_the_Departmental_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="President of the Departmental Council (not yet started)">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Henri Nayrou</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-insee-geo_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insee-geo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">4,889.9 km<sup>2</sup> (1,888.0 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2014)<sup id="cite_ref-insee_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insee-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">152,574</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_French_departments_by_population" title="List of French departments by population">95th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">31/km<sup>2</sup> (81/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ariègeois, Ariègeoise</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">FR-09</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">Department number</a></th><td class="infobox-data">09</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_France" title="Arrondissements of France">Arrondissements</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_the_Ari%C3%A8ge_department" title="Arrondissements of the Ariège department">3</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cantons_in_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantons in France">Cantons</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantons_of_the_Ari%C3%A8ge_department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cantons of the Ariège department (not yet started)">13</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communes_in_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Communes in France">Communes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Ari%C3%A8ge_department" title="Communes of the Ariège department">331</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ariege.fr/">www.ariege.fr</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ariège</b> (<a href="/wiki/Catalan_language" title="Catalan language">Catalan</a>: <i lang="ca">Arieja</i>; <a href="/wiki/Occitan_language" title="Occitan language">Occitan</a>: <i lang="oc">Arièja</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">department</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Occitanie" title="Occitanie">Occitanie</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>; it is named after the <a href="/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(river)" title="Ariège (river)">Ariège river</a> that flows through the department. </p><p>Its <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital</a> is the city of <a href="/wiki/Foix" title="Foix">Foix</a> but the city with the largest population is <a href="/wiki/Pamiers" title="Pamiers">Pamiers</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The department was inhabited in <a href="/wiki/Pre-history" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-history">prehistoric times</a>, as evidenced by the presence of <a href="/wiki/Cave" title="Cave">caves</a> with <a href="/wiki/Cave_painting" title="Cave painting">cave paintings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dolmen" title="Dolmen">dolmens</a>. In historical times it was inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Basque_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Basque people">Basque</a> people; they settled on the northern side of the <a href="/wiki/Pyrenees" title="Pyrenees">Pyrenees</a> and in the valleys below. In 415 it became part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom" title="Kingdom">kingdom</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Visigoths" title="Visigoths">Visigoths</a>, until their defeat at the hands of the <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">king</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Frank" class="mw-disambig" title="Frank">Franks</a> in 507. </p><p>Ariège was created in 1790 during the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>, when the whole of France was divided into departments, replacing the old <a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">provinces</a>. Ariège was created combining the <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">counties</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Foix" title="Foix">Foix</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Languedoc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Languedoc (not yet started)">Languedoc</a>) and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Couserans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Couserans (not yet started)">Couserans</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Gascogne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gascogne (not yet started)">Gascogne</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-splaf_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-splaf-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ariège is part of the <a href="/wiki/Occitanie" title="Occitanie">Occitanie</a> region and has an area of 4,889.9 km<sup>2</sup> (1,888 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-insee-geo_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insee-geo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The department is surrounded by the French departments of <a href="/wiki/Haute-Garonne" title="Haute-Garonne">Haute-Garonne</a> to the west and north, <a href="/wiki/Aude" title="Aude">Aude</a> to the east, and <a href="/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Orientales" title="Pyrénées-Orientales">Pyrénées-Orientales</a> in the southeast, as well as <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lleida" title="Lleida">Lleida</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a> in the south. </p> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r10098651">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Places_next_to_Ariège_(department)35" style="width:auto; clear:none; display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Places_next_to_Ariège_(department)35" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Places next to Ariège (department)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haute-Garonne" title="Haute-Garonne">Haute-Garonne</a></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Haute-Garonne" title="Haute-Garonne">Haute-Garonne</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></div> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Ariège</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Aude" title="Aude">Aude</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Orientales" title="Pyrénées-Orientales">Pyrénées-Orientales</a></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural_regions">Natural regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Natural regions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Natural regions"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are three main <a href="/w/index.php?title=Natural_region&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Natural region (not yet started)">natural regions</a> in the department: </p> <ol><li>The <b>Ariège plain</b>. The north of the department consists of <a href="/wiki/Plain" title="Plain">plains</a>, small <a href="/wiki/Hill" title="Hill">hills</a> and low valleys where <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a> is an important activity. Two major rivers, the <a href="/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(river)" title="Ariège (river)">Ariège</a> and the <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A8ze" title="Lèze">Lèze</a>, flow through the plain from south to north.</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Pyrenees" title="Pyrenees">Pyrenean</a> foothills</b>. This area includes the small mountains and hills below 1,000 m (3,281 ft).</li> <li>The <b>Ariége high country</b>. The <a href="/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">geography</a> is dominated by the <a href="/wiki/Pyrenees" title="Pyrenees">Pyrenees</a> mountains exceeding 1,000 m (3,281 ft) above sea level which form the border between France and Spain.</li></ol> <p>The highest mountain in the department is the <i><a href="/wiki/Pica_d%27Estats" title="Pica d'Estats">Pica d'Estats</a></i> (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9430902"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&params=42_40_1_N_01_23_52_E_region:ID_type:mountain&title=Pica+d%27Estats"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°40′1″N</span> <span class="longitude">01°23′52″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.66694°N 1.39778°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.66694; 1.39778</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pica d'Estats</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>) that is 3,143 m (10,312 ft) high and is on the Spain-France border.<sup id="cite_ref-reliefs_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reliefs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other high mountains are the <i>peak of Montcalm</i> (3,077 m) and the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pic_de_Sotllo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pic de Sotllo (not yet started)">Pic de Sotllo</a></i> (3,072 m). </p><p>The main river is the <a href="/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(river)" title="Ariège (river)">Ariège</a> river, a <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Garonne_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Garonne river">Garonne river</a>. Another important river is the <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A8ze" title="Lèze">Lèze</a>, a tributary of the Ariège. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Climate" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Climate"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two main types of climate are found in Ariège: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean</a> – particularly visible in the vegetation of the foothills and of the valley of the Ariège river towards Tarascon, and in the Sault country</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_climate" title="Continental climate">Continental</a> – in the Pyrenean valleys, with many storms and big differences of temperature between day and night</li></ul> <p>Temperatures are mild in the foothills, e.g. at the city of <a href="/wiki/Foix" title="Foix">Foix</a> (400 metres) the average is 5 °C in January and 19 °C in July. However, they decline rapidly with elevation, e.g. at <a href="/w/index.php?title=L%27Hospitalet-pr%C3%A8s-l%27Andorre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre (not yet started)">l'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre</a> (1,430 m) it is 0 °C in January and 14 °C in July. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height: 1.2em; margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Saint-Girons </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">17<br />(63) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;">6.1<br />(43.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;">7.7<br />(45.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;">5.5<br />(41.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">11.8<br />(53.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;">0.3<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;">2.6<br />(36.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;">11.5<br />(52.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;">3.1<br />(37.6) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;">0.7<br />(33.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">6.5<br />(43.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;">92.5<br />(3.64) </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;">78.3<br />(3.08) </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;">92.9<br />(3.66) </td> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#FFFFFF;">98.3<br />(3.87) </td> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;">108.8<br />(4.28) </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;">90.0<br />(3.54) </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;">62.4<br />(2.46) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;">74.0<br />(2.91) </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;">73.2<br />(2.88) </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;">77.5<br />(3.05) </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;">77.2<br />(3.04) </td> <td style="background: #7B7BFF; color:#000000;">88.3<br />(3.48) </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">1,013.4<br />(39.90) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;">13.0 </td> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">124.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #B3B371; color:#000000;">113.6 </td> <td style="background: #BDBD34; color:#000000;">123.7 </td> <td style="background: #C8C800; color:#000000;">160.8 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;">157 </td> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;">180.3 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;">195.2 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;">227.8 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;">205.4 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;">199.9 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;">173.6 </td> <td style="background: #BBBB40; color:#000000;">127.4 </td> <td style="background: #B0B082; color:#000000;">107.4 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">1,972 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07627-saint-girons-antichan.html">Metereological data for Saint-Girons - Antichan from 1961 to 1990</a> July 2013 </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Administration" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Administration"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The department is managed by the <i>Departamental Council of the Ariège</i> in <a href="/wiki/Foix" title="Foix">Foix</a>. Ariège is part of the region of <a href="/wiki/Occitanie" title="Occitanie">Occitanie</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Administrative divisions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Administrative divisions"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 3 <a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_France" title="Arrondissements of France"><i>arrondissements</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/District" title="District">districts</a>), 13 <a href="/wiki/Cantons_in_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantons in France"><i>cantons</i></a> and 332 <a href="/wiki/Communes_in_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Communes in France"><i>communes</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipalities</a>) in Ariège.<sup id="cite_ref-insee1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insee1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <center> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;" valign="top"> <th>INSEE<br />code</th> <th>Arrondissement</th> <th>Capital</th> <th>Population<sup id="cite_ref-insee2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insee2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(2014)</small></th> <th>Area<sup id="cite_ref-arron_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arron-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(km²)</small></th> <th>Density<br /><small>(Inh./km²)</small></th> <th><i>Communes</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">091</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Foix" title="Arrondissement of Foix">Foix</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Foix" title="Foix">Foix</a></td> <td>51,473</td> <td>2,077.8</td> <td>24.8</td> <td>135 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">092</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Pamiers" title="Arrondissement of Pamiers">Pamiers</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pamiers" title="Pamiers">Pamiers</a></td> <td>73,702</td> <td>1,315.0</td> <td>56.0</td> <td>115 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">093</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Saint-Girons" title="Arrondissement of Saint-Girons">Saint-Girons</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Saint-Girons,_Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Saint-Girons, Ariège">Saint-Girons</a></td> <td>27,399</td> <td>1,497.2</td> <td>18.3</td> <td>82 </td></tr></tbody></table> </center> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 92px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 90px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Foix_vieille_ville.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The "old city", Foix"><img alt="The "old city", Foix" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Foix_vieille_ville.JPG/135px-Foix_vieille_ville.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Foix_vieille_ville.JPG/202px-Foix_vieille_ville.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Foix_vieille_ville.JPG/270px-Foix_vieille_ville.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The "old city", Foix</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 92px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 90px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Antonin_de_Pamiers_(09).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Cathedral of Saint-Antonin at Pamiers"><img alt="Cathedral of Saint-Antonin at Pamiers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Antonin_de_Pamiers_%2809%29.JPG/135px-Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Antonin_de_Pamiers_%2809%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Antonin_de_Pamiers_%2809%29.JPG/202px-Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Antonin_de_Pamiers_%2809%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Antonin_de_Pamiers_%2809%29.JPG/270px-Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Antonin_de_Pamiers_%2809%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">Cathedral</a> of Saint-Antonin at Pamiers</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 92px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 90px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint-Girons_(Ari%C3%A8ge)_-_%C3%89glise_Saint-Girons_-_20070625.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St Girons' Church by the Salat river"><img alt="St Girons' Church by the Salat river" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Saint-Girons_%28Ari%C3%A8ge%29_-_%C3%89glise_Saint-Girons_-_20070625.jpg/135px-Saint-Girons_%28Ari%C3%A8ge%29_-_%C3%89glise_Saint-Girons_-_20070625.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Saint-Girons_%28Ari%C3%A8ge%29_-_%C3%89glise_Saint-Girons_-_20070625.jpg/202px-Saint-Girons_%28Ari%C3%A8ge%29_-_%C3%89glise_Saint-Girons_-_20070625.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Saint-Girons_%28Ari%C3%A8ge%29_-_%C3%89glise_Saint-Girons_-_20070625.jpg/270px-Saint-Girons_%28Ari%C3%A8ge%29_-_%C3%89glise_Saint-Girons_-_20070625.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>St Girons' Church</i> by the Salat river</div> </li> </ul> <p>The following is a list of the 13 <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_France" title="Cantons of France">cantons</a> of the <b>Ariège</b> department (with their <a href="/wiki/INSEE_code" class="mw-redirect" title="INSEE code">INSEE codes</a>), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9467161">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ol><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Haute-Ari%C3%A8ge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Haute-Ariège (not yet started)">Haute-Ariège</a> <small>(0901)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Arize-L%C3%A8ze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Arize-Lèze (not yet started)">Arize-Lèze</a> <small>(0902)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Couserans_Est&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Couserans Est (not yet started)">Couserans Est</a> <small>(0903)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Couserans_Ouest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Couserans Ouest (not yet started)">Couserans Ouest</a> <small>(0904)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Foix&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Foix (not yet started)">Foix</a> <small>(0905)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Mirepoix&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Mirepoix (not yet started)">Mirepoix</a> <small>(0906)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Pamiers-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Pamiers-1 (not yet started)">Pamiers-1</a> <small>(0907)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Pamiers-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Pamiers-2 (not yet started)">Pamiers-2</a> <small>(0908)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Pays_d%27Olmes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Pays d'Olmes (not yet started)">Pays d'Olmes</a> <small>(0909)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Portes_d%27Ari%C3%A8ge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Portes d'Ariège (not yet started)">Portes d'Ariège</a> <small>(0910)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Portes_du_Couserans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Portes du Couserans (not yet started)">Portes du Couserans</a> <small>(0911)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Sabarth%C3%A8s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Sabarthès (not yet started)">Sabarthès</a> <small>(0912)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canton_of_Val_d%27Ari%C3%A8ge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canton of Val d'Ariège (not yet started)">Val d'Ariège</a> <small>(0913)</small></li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Demographics" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Demographics"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The inhabitants of Ariège are known, in <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, as <i>ariègeois</i> (women: <i>ariègeoises</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ariège has a population, in 2014, of 152,574,<sup id="cite_ref-insee_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insee-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for a population density of 31.2 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>. The <i>arrondissement</i> of Pamiers, with 73,702 inhabitants, is by far the one with more inhabitants. The other two, Foix and Saint-Girons, have respectively 51,473 and 27,399 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-insee2_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insee2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <center> <p><b>Evolution of the population in Ariège</b> </p> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_soux0hxdnzy5eo0pqsf6xnf9x8yys25"></map><img usemap="#timeline_soux0hxdnzy5eo0pqsf6xnf9x8yys25" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/simple/timeline/soux0hxdnzy5eo0pqsf6xnf9x8yys25.png" /></div> </center> <p>About 25% of the population lives in the four <i>communes</i> with 6,000 or more inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-terres_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-terres-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 10 most important cities in the department are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>City </th> <th>Population<sup id="cite_ref-insee2_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insee2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(2014)</small> </th> <th>Arrondissement </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pamiers" title="Pamiers">Pamiers</a></td> <td align="right">15,518</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Pamiers" title="Arrondissement of Pamiers">Pamiers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Foix" title="Foix">Foix</a></td> <td align="right">9,721</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Foix" title="Arrondissement of Foix">Foix</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint-Girons,_Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Saint-Girons, Ariège">Saint-Girons</a></td> <td align="right">6,284</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Saint-Girons" title="Arrondissement of Saint-Girons">Saint-Girons</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lavelanet" title="Lavelanet">Lavelanet</a></td> <td align="right">6,245</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Foix" title="Arrondissement of Foix">Foix</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saverdun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saverdun (not yet started)">Saverdun</a></td> <td align="right">4,658</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Pamiers" title="Arrondissement of Pamiers">Pamiers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maz%C3%A8res,_Ari%C3%A8ge" title="Mazères, Ariège">Mazères</a></td> <td align="right">3,810</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Pamiers" title="Arrondissement of Pamiers">Pamiers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Varilhes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Varilhes (not yet started)">Varilhes</a></td> <td align="right">3,328</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Pamiers" title="Arrondissement of Pamiers">Pamiers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarascon-sur-Ari%C3%A8ge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tarascon-sur-Ariège (not yet started)">Tarascon-sur-Ariège</a></td> <td align="right">3,322</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Foix" title="Arrondissement of Foix">Foix</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mirepoix,_Ari%C3%A8ge" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirepoix, Ariège">Mirepoix</a></td> <td align="right">3,148</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Pamiers" title="Arrondissement of Pamiers">Pamiers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Tour-du-Crieu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Tour-du-Crieu (not yet started)">La Tour-du-Crieu</a></td> <td align="right">3,071</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Pamiers" title="Arrondissement of Pamiers">Pamiers</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Economy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Economy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Agriculture</a> is an important activity in Ariege. Only a small part of its territory is used by farmers; only 132,110 hectares (326,451 acres), 27% of its total area, are used for agriculture in the Ariege.<sup id="cite_ref-terres2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-terres2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ariège plain is the most <a href="/wiki/Fertility" title="Fertility">fertile</a> area of the department; here <a href="/wiki/Farmer" title="Farmer">farmers</a> grow <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunflower" title="Sunflower">sunflower</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Crop" title="Crop">crops</a>. The other natural regions are not good for agriculture and are covered with <a href="/wiki/Forest" title="Forest">forests</a> or are used for <a href="/wiki/Pasture" title="Pasture">pastures</a> for <a href="/wiki/Sheep" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheep">sheep</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">cattle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Horse" title="Horse">horses</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-terres2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-terres2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Ax valleys, the <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> of <a href="/wiki/Talc" title="Talc">talc</a> is the most typical activity. This industry is supplemented by <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> for <a href="/wiki/Winter_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Sports">winter sports</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hydroelectricity" title="Hydroelectricity">Hydroelectric</a> production is about one-fifth of the production in the Pyrenees. The hydroelectric plant at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aston,_Ari%C3%A8ge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aston, Ariège (not yet started)">Aston</a> has the largest annual production capacity in the Pyrenees. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Gallery" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Gallery"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Lizier_-_Saint-Lizier_01.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cathedral of Saint-Lizier."><img alt="Cathedral of Saint-Lizier." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Lizier_-_Saint-Lizier_01.jpeg/180px-Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Lizier_-_Saint-Lizier_01.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Lizier_-_Saint-Lizier_01.jpeg/270px-Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Lizier_-_Saint-Lizier_01.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Lizier_-_Saint-Lizier_01.jpeg/360px-Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Lizier_-_Saint-Lizier_01.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1859" data-file-height="1859" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">Cathedral</a> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint-Lizier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint-Lizier (not yet started)">Saint-Lizier</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MaisonDesConsuls.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Covered shopfronts at Mirepoix."><img alt="Covered shopfronts at Mirepoix." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/MaisonDesConsuls.jpg/240px-MaisonDesConsuls.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/MaisonDesConsuls.jpg/360px-MaisonDesConsuls.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/MaisonDesConsuls.jpg/480px-MaisonDesConsuls.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Covered shopfronts at <a href="/wiki/Mirepoix,_Ari%C3%A8ge" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirepoix, Ariège">Mirepoix</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Valier.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mont Valier seen from the road to Port d'Aula in the Haut Couserans."><img alt="Mont Valier seen from the road to Port d'Aula in the Haut Couserans." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Valier.JPG/240px-Valier.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Valier.JPG/360px-Valier.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Valier.JPG/480px-Valier.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mont_Valier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mont Valier (not yet started)">Mont Valier</a> seen from the road to Port d'Aula in the Haut <a href="/w/index.php?title=Couserans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Couserans (not yet started)">Couserans</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 151.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 149.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nickel_de_Vives.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Mérens horse"><img alt="A Mérens horse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Nickel_de_Vives.jpg/224px-Nickel_de_Vives.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Nickel_de_Vives.jpg/336px-Nickel_de_Vives.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Nickel_de_Vives.jpg/448px-Nickel_de_Vives.jpg 2x" data-file-width="631" data-file-height="507" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9rens_horse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mérens horse (not yet started)">Mérens horse</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 187.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 185.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chateau_Lagarde_020.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Château de Lagarde."><img alt="The Château de Lagarde." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Chateau_Lagarde_020.jpg/278px-Chateau_Lagarde_020.jpg" decoding="async" width="186" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Chateau_Lagarde_020.jpg/417px-Chateau_Lagarde_020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Chateau_Lagarde_020.jpg/555px-Chateau_Lagarde_020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="774" data-file-height="502" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Lagarde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Château de Lagarde (not yet started)">Château de Lagarde</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint-Lizier_-_Clo%C3%AEtre_de_la_cath%C3%A9drale_-_20110308_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The cloister in the Saint-Lizier Cathedral."><img alt="The cloister in the Saint-Lizier Cathedral." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Saint-Lizier_-_Clo%C3%AEtre_de_la_cath%C3%A9drale_-_20110308_%281%29.jpg/240px-Saint-Lizier_-_Clo%C3%AEtre_de_la_cath%C3%A9drale_-_20110308_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Saint-Lizier_-_Clo%C3%AEtre_de_la_cath%C3%A9drale_-_20110308_%281%29.jpg/360px-Saint-Lizier_-_Clo%C3%AEtre_de_la_cath%C3%A9drale_-_20110308_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Saint-Lizier_-_Clo%C3%AEtre_de_la_cath%C3%A9drale_-_20110308_%281%29.jpg/480px-Saint-Lizier_-_Clo%C3%AEtre_de_la_cath%C3%A9drale_-_20110308_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Cloister" title="Cloister">cloister</a> in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint-Lizier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint-Lizier (not yet started)">Saint-Lizier</a> Cathedral.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 221.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 219.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Massif_de_Tabe_280.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Massif of Tabe."><img alt="The Massif of Tabe." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Massif_de_Tabe_280.jpg/329px-Massif_de_Tabe_280.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Massif_de_Tabe_280.jpg/493px-Massif_de_Tabe_280.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Massif_de_Tabe_280.jpg/657px-Massif_de_Tabe_280.jpg 2x" data-file-width="937" data-file-height="514" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Massif of Tabe.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_the_Ari%C3%A8ge_department" title="Arrondissements of the Ariège department">Arrondissements of the Ariège department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Ari%C3%A8ge_department" title="Communes of the Ariège department">Communes of the Ariège department</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 March</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Le+Pr%C3%A9sident+du+Conseil+D%C3%A9partemental&rft.pub=Conseil+D%C3%A9partemental+de+l%27Ari%C3%A8ge&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ariege.fr%2FLe-Departement%2FLe-President-du-Conseil-Departemental&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-insee-geo-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-insee-geo_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-insee-geo_2-1">2.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/comparateur.asp?codgeo=DEP-09">"Département de l'Ariège (09) - Résumé statistique"</a>. <i>Publications et statistiques pour la France ou les régions</i> (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Publications+et+statistiques+pour+la+France+ou+les+r%C3%A9gions&rft.atitle=D%C3%A9partement+de+l%27Ari%C3%A8ge+%2809%29+-+R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9+statistique&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insee.fr%2Ffr%2Fthemes%2Fcomparateur.asp%3Fcodgeo%3DDEP-09&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-insee-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-insee_3-0">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-insee_3-1">3.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2525762?sommaire=2525768">"Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer"</a> (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 January</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Populations+l%C3%A9gales+2014+des+d%C3%A9partements+et+des+collectivit%C3%A9s+d%27outre-mer&rft.pub=Institut+national+de+la+statistique+et+des+%C3%A9tudes+%C3%A9conomiques+-+INSEE&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insee.fr%2Ffr%2Fstatistiques%2F2525762%3Fsommaire%3D2525768&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-splaf-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-splaf_5-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://splaf.free.fr/">"Description de l'Ariège"</a>. <i>Le SPLAF</i> (in French)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Le+SPLAF&rft.atitle=Description+de+l%27Ari%C3%A8ge&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsplaf.free.fr%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reliefs-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-reliefs_6-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.explora.cat/en/pica.html">"Pica d'Estats"</a>. <i>To Know Catalonia</i>. explora.cat<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=To+Know+Catalonia&rft.atitle=Pica+d%27Estats&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.explora.cat%2Fen%2Fpica.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-insee1-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-insee1_7-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/departement/DEP09-ariege">"Département de l'Ariège (09)"</a> (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 March</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=D%C3%A9partement+de+l%E2%80%99Ari%C3%A8ge+%2809%29&rft.pub=Institut+national+de+la+statistique+et+des+%C3%A9tudes+%C3%A9conomiques+-+INSEE&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insee.fr%2Ffr%2Fmetadonnees%2Fcog%2Fdepartement%2FDEP09-ariege&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-insee2-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-insee2_8-0">7.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-insee2_8-1">7.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-insee2_8-2">7.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2525755/dep09.pdf">"Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Populations légales 2014</i> (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 January</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Populations+l%C3%A9gales+2014&rft.atitle=R%C3%A9gions%2C+d%C3%A9partements%2C+arrondissements%2C+cantons+et+communes&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insee.fr%2Ffr%2Fstatistiques%2Ffichier%2F2525755%2Fdep09.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-arron-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-arron_9-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=DEP-09+ARR-091+ARR-092+ARR-093">"Département de l'Ariège (09) et Arrondissements"</a>. <i>Comparateur de territoire</i> (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 January</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Comparateur+de+territoire&rft.atitle=D%C3%A9partement+de+l%E2%80%99Ari%C3%A8ge+%2809%29+et+Arrondissements&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insee.fr%2Ffr%2Fstatistiques%2F1405599%3Fgeo%3DDEP-09%2BARR-091%2BARR-092%2BARR-093&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028637150">"Décret n° 2014-174 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ariège"</a> (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=D%C3%A9cret+n%C2%B0+2014-174+du+18+f%C3%A9vrier+2014+portant+d%C3%A9limitation+des+cantons+dans+le+d%C3%A9partement+de+l%27Ari%C3%A8ge&rft.pub=L%C3%A9gifrance.gouv.fr&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.legifrance.gouv.fr%2FaffichTexte.do%3FcidTexte%3DJORFTEXT000028637150&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.habitants.fr/habitants_departement_ariege_09.html">"Habitants du départment: Ariège"</a> (in French). habitants.fr<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Habitants+du+d%C3%A9partment%3A+Ari%C3%A8ge&rft.pub=habitants.fr&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.habitants.fr%2Fhabitants_departement_ariege_09.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-terres-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-terres_12-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140720014747/http://www.terres-ariege.fr/le-departement-de-lariege.html">"Le département de l'Ariège : population, emploi et surfaces"</a>. <i>Terres d'Ariège</i> (in French). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.terres-ariege.fr/le-departement-de-lariege.html">the original</a> on 20 July 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Terres+d%27Ari%C3%A8ge&rft.atitle=Le+d%C3%A9partement+de+l%27Ari%C3%A8ge+%3A+population%2C+emploi+et+surfaces&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.terres-ariege.fr%2Fle-departement-de-lariege.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAri%C3%A8ge+%28department%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-terres2-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-terres2_13-0">12.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-terres2_13-1">12.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140720014741/http://www.terres-ariege.fr/lagriculture-ariegeoise.html">"L'Agriculture ariégeose"</a>. <i>Terres d'Ariège</i> (in French). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.terres-ariege.fr/lagriculture-ariegeoise.html">the original</a> on 20 July 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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2015-03-18 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in French)</span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ariege2020.fr/">Ariège 2020 - agenda 21</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130518184559/http://ariege2020.fr/">Archived</a> 2013-05-18 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in French)</span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ariège.pref.gouv.fr/">Prefecture website</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link since January 2021">permanent dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup> <span class="languageicon">(in French)</span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ariege.com/pyrenees.html">The 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