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Code: 09
Region:
Midi-Pyrénées
Traditional provinces: Comté de
Foix,
Guyenne-et-Gascogne,
Languedoc
Bordering departments: Aude,
Haute-Garonne,
Pyrénées-Orientales
Bordering countries: Andorra,
Spain (Autonomous Community of
Catalonia [province of
Lleida])
Area: 4,890 km2
Population (1995): 136,600 inhabitants
Préfecture: Foix
Sous-préfectures: Pamiers, Saint-Girons
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 22 cantons, 332 communes.
The department is named after the river Ariège (170 km), tributary of Garonne.