Ariège (depairtment)
French depairtment
Ariège (French pronunciation: [aʁjɛʒ]; Occitan: Arièja) is a depairtment in the Midi-Pyrénées region o soothwestren Fraunce named efter the Ariège River.
Ariège | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Location o Ariège in Fraunce | |
| Coordinates: 43°00′N 1°30′E / 43.000°N 1.500°ECoordinates: 43°00′N 1°30′E / 43.000°N 1.500°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 | |