Arrondissement of Pamiers
The arrondissement of Pamiers is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Ariège département. Its capital is the city of Pamiers.
Pamiers | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Occitanie | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Ariège |
| No. of communes | 91 |
| Subprefecture | Pamiers |
| Area | 1,052.2 km2 (406.3 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 64,972 |
| INSEE code | 092 |
History
changeWhen the Ariège department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Pamiers was part of that original department, but it was eliminated in 1926. In 1942, Pamiers was made again an arrondissement.[2]
Geography
changeThe arrondissement of Pamiers is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Ariège department. It has the Haute-Garonne department to the west and north, the Aude department to the east, the Arrondissement of Foix to the south and the Saint-Girons arrondissement to the southwest.
It is the smallest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,315 square kilometres (508 square miles),[3] and the one with more people living in it with 73,702 inhabitants and a density of 56.0 inhabitants/km².[4]
Composition
changeCantons
changeAfter the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Pamiers, there are 5 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Arize-Lèze, Mirepoix, Pamiers-1, Pamiers-2 and Portes d'Ariège as can be seen in the following table:
| No. | Canton | Foix | Pamiers | Saint-Girons | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arize-Lèze | 27 | 27 | ||
| 2 | Mirepoix | 35 | 35 | ||
| 3 | Pamiers-1 | 14 + part of Pamiers | 14 + part of Pamiers | ||
| 4 | Pamiers-2 | 7 + part of Pamiers | 7 + part of Pamiers | ||
| 5 | Portes d'Ariège | 16 | 16 | ||
| 6 | Val d'Ariège | 13 | 15 | 28 |
Communes
changeThe arrondissement of Pamiers has 115 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
- Aigues-Vives (09002)
- Artigat (09019)
- Artix (09021)
- Arvigna (09022)
- Belloc (09048)
- Benagues (09050)
- Besset (09052)
- Bonnac (09060)
- Brie (09067)
- Bézac (09056)
- Calzan (09072)
- Camarade (09073)
- Camon (09074)
- Campagne-sur-Arize (09075)
- Canté (09076)
- Carla-Bayle (09079)
- Castex (09084)
- Castéras (09083)
- Cazals-des-Baylès (09089)
- Cazaux (09090)
- Coussa (09101)
- Coutens (09102)
- Crampagna (09103)
- Dalou (09104)
- Daumazan-sur-Arize (09105)
- Dun (09107)
- Durfort (09109)
- Esclagne (09115)
- Escosse (09116)
- Esplas (09117)
- Fornex (09123)
- Gabre (09127)
- Gaudiès (09132)
- Gudas (09137)
- Justiniac (09146)
- La Bastide-de-Besplas (09038)
- La Bastide-de-Bousignac (09039)
- La Bastide-de-Lordat (09040)
- La Bastide-sur-l'Hers (09043)
- La Tour-du-Crieu (09312)
- Labatut (09147)
- Lagarde (09150)
- Lanoux (09151)
- Lapenne (09153)
- Laroque-d'Olmes (09157)
- Le Carlaret (09081)
- Le Fossat (09124)
- Le Mas-d'Azil (09181)
- Le Peyrat (09229)
- Le Vernet (09331)
- Les Bordes-sur-Arize (09061)
- Les Issards (09145)
- Les Pujols (09238)
- Lescousse (09163)
- Limbrassac (09169)
- Lissac (09170)
- Loubaut (09172)
- Loubens (09173)
- Ludiès (09175)
- Léran (09161)
- Lézat-sur-Lèze (09167)
- Madière (09177)
- Malegoude (09178)
- Malléon (09179)
- Manses (09180)
- Mazères (09185)
- Mirepoix (09194)
- Monesple (09195)
- Montaut (09199)
- Montbel (09200)
- Montfa (09205)
- Montégut-Plantaurel (09202)
- Moulin-Neuf (09213)
- Méras (09186)
- Pailhès (09224)
- Pamiers (09225)
- Pradettes (09233)
- Rieucros (09244)
- Rieux-de-Pelleport (09245)
- Roumengoux (09251)
- Régat (09243)
- Sabarat (09253)
- Saint-Amadou (09254)
- Saint-Amans (09255)
- Saint-Bauzeil (09256)
- Saint-Félix-de-Rieutord (09258)
- Saint-Félix-de-Tournegat (09259)
- Saint-Jean-du-Falga (09265)
- Saint-Julien-de-Gras-Capou (09266)
- Saint-Martin-d'Oydes (09270)
- Saint-Michel (09271)
- Saint-Quentin-la-Tour (09274)
- Saint-Quirc (09275)
- Saint-Victor-Rouzaud (09276)
- Saint-Ybars (09277)
- Sainte-Foi (09260)
- Sainte-Suzanne (09342)
- Saverdun (09282)
- Sieuras (09294)
- Ségura (09284)
- Tabre (09305)
- Teilhet (09309)
- Thouars-sur-Arize (09310)
- Tourtrol (09314)
- Troye-d'Ariège (09316)
- Trémoulet (09315)
- Unzent (09319)
- Vals (09323)
- Varilhes (09324)
- Ventenac (09327)
- Verniolle (09332)
- Villeneuve-du-Latou (09338)
- Villeneuve-du-Paréage (09339)
- Vira (09340)
- Viviès (09341)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09225 | Pamiers | 15,518 | Pamiers-1 and Pamiers-2 |
| 09282 | Saverdun | 4,658 | Portes d'Ariège |
| 09185 | Mazères | 3,810 | Portes d'Ariège |
| 09324 | Varilhes | 3,148 | Val d'Ariège |
| 09194 | Mirepoix | 3,322 | Mirepoix |
| 09312 | La Tour-du-Crieu | 3,071 | Pamiers-2 |
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique de l'Ariège". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Pamiers (092)". Publications et statistiques pour la France ou les régions (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ↑ Décret n° 2014-174 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ariège
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Pamiers (092)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.