Arrondissement of Saint-Girons facts for kids
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Arrondissement of Saint-Girons
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Location of Saint-Girons in Ariège
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| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Ariège |
| Communes | 82 |
| Subprefecture | Saint-Girons |
| INSEE code | 093 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,497.2 km2 (578.1 sq mi) |
| Population
(2014)
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| • Total | 27,399 |
| • Density | 18.3002/km2 (47.3972/sq mi) |
The arrondissement of Saint-Girons is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Ariège département. Its capital is the city of Saint-Girons.
History
When the Ariège department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Saint-Girons was part of that original department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Saint-Girons is the most western of the arrondissements of the Ariège department. It has the Haute-Garonne department to the west and north, the Pamiers arrondissement to the northeast, the Arrondissement of Foix to the east and Spain to the south.
It is the second in area, after Foix, of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,497.2 km2 (578 sq mi), but it is the one with fewest people living in it with 27,399 inhabitants and a density of 18.3 inhabitants/km².
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Saint-Girons, there are 2 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: the Couserans Ouest and the Portes du Couserans (28 communes) as can be seen in the following table:
| No. | Canton | Foix | Pamiers | Saint-Girons | Total |
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| 1 | Couserans Est | 13 | 24 | 37 | |
| 2 | Couserans Ouest | 30 | 30 | ||
| 3 | Portes du Couserans | 28 | 28 |
Communes
The arrondissement of Saint-Girons has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
- Aleu (09005)
- Alos (09008)
- Antras (09011)
- Argein (09014)
- Arrien-en-Bethmale (09017)
- Arrout (09018)
- Aucazein (09025)
- Audressein (09026)
- Augirein (09027)
- Aulus-les-Bains (09029)
- Bagert (09033)
- Balacet (09034)
- Balaguères (09035)
- Barjac (09037)
- Betchat (09054)
- Bethmale (09055)
- Biert (09057)
- Bonac-Irazein (09059)
- Boussenac (09065)
- Buzan (09069)
- Bédeille (09046)
- Castelnau-Durban (09082)
- Castillon-en-Couserans (09085)
- Caumont (09086)
- Cazavet (09091)
- Cescau (09095)
- Clermont (09097)
- Contrazy (09098)
- Couflens (09100)
- Cérizols (09094)
- Encourtiech (09110)
- Engomer (09111)
- Ercé (09113)
- Erp (09114)
- Esplas-de-Sérou (09118)
- Eycheil (09119)
- Fabas (09120)
- Gajan (09128)
- Galey (09129)
- Illartein (09141)
- La Bastide-du-Salat (09041)
- Lacave (09148)
- Lacourt (09149)
- Lasserre (09158)
- Le Port (09231)
- Les Bordes-sur-Lez (09062)
- Lescure (09164)
- Lorp-Sentaraille (09289)
- Massat (09182)
- Mauvezin-de-Prat (09183)
- Mauvezin-de-Sainte-Croix (09184)
- Mercenac (09187)
- Montardit (09198)
- Montesquieu-Avantès (09204)
- Montgauch (09208)
- Montjoie-en-Couserans (09209)
- Montégut-en-Couserans (09201)
- Moulis (09214)
- Mérigon (09190)
- Orgibet (09219)
- Oust (09223)
- Prat-Bonrepaux (09235)
- Rimont (09246)
- Rivèrenert (09247)
- Saint-Girons (09261)
- Saint-Jean-du-Castillonnais (09263)
- Saint-Lary (09267)
- Saint-Lizier (09268)
- Sainte-Croix-Volvestre (09257)
- Salsein (09279)
- Seix (09285)
- Sentein (09290)
- Sentenac-d'Oust (09291)
- Sor (09297)
- Soueix-Rogalle (09299)
- Soulan (09301)
- Taurignan-Castet (09307)
- Taurignan-Vieux (09308)
- Tourtouse (09313)
- Uchentein (09317)
- Ustou (09322)
- Villeneuve (09335)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population (2014) |
Canton |
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| 09261 | Saint-Girons | 6,284 | Couserans Ouest |
| 09268 | Saint-Lizier | 1,417 | Portes du Couserans |
| 09289 | Lorp-Sentaraille | 1,380 | Portes du Couserans |
| 09209 | Montjoie-en-Couserans | 1,072 | Portes du Couserans |
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See also
In Spanish: Distrito de Saint-Girons para niños
