Ariège (French pronunciation: [aʁjɛʒ]; Occitan: Arièja) is a depairtment in the Midi-Pyrénées region o soothwestren Fraunce named efter the Ariège River.
Ariège | |
---|---|
![]() Location o Ariège in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 43°00′N 1°30′E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
Prefectur | Foix |
Subprefecturs | Pamiers Saint-Girons |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Augustin Bonrepaux (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 4,890 km2 (1,890 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 152,366 |
• Rank | 96t |
• Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment number | 09 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 13 |
Communes | 332 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 |
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.