Arrondissement of Foix
The arrondissement of Foix is an arrondissement of France in the Ariège department in the Occitania region. It has 113 communes. Its population is 47,794, and its area is 1,793.8 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 47,600 residents
- Description: arrondissement of France
- Also known as: “arrondiment de Fois”, “arrondissement de Foix”, and “arrondissement of Foix”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave of Niaux and Château de Miglos.
Cave of Niaux
Cave
Photo: Kvardek du, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cave of Niaux is located in the Niaux commune, Ariège département in southwestern France as part of a wider geological system that includes the Sabart Cave and Lombrives Cave in the hill of Cap de la Lesse de Bialac.
Château de Miglos
Castle
Photo: Tylwyth Eldar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Miglos, also known as Château d'Arquizat, is a ruined castle in the commune of Miglos in Ariège, Occitanie, France. The castle overlooks the Vicdessos Valley and was a defensive structure for the County of Foix in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Lombrives
Cave
Photo: Oscar, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl.
Grotte de Lombrives or Lombrives Cave is a large natural cavern located in Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains, at the eastern edge of the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Natural Regional Park, in the Ariège department of Occitanie, in southwestern France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarascon-sur-Ariège and Gestiès.
Tarascon-sur-Ariège
Village
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
Tarascon-sur-Ariège is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Tarascon-sur-Ariège station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol. Tarascon-sur-Ariège is situated 5 km north of Arrondissement of Foix.
Gestiès
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gestiès is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Gestiès is situated 4½ km southwest of Arrondissement of Foix.
Siguer
Village
Photo: Kvardek du, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Siguer is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Siguer is situated 5 km southwest of Arrondissement of Foix.
Arrondissement of Foix
- Category: arrondissement of France
- Location: Ariège, Occitanie, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Arrondissement of Foix” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Qarku Foix”
- Aragonese: “destrito de Foix”
- Aragonese: “Districto de Foix”
- Armenian: “Ֆուա (շրջան)”
- Armenian: “Ֆուա”
- Azerbaijani: “Fua (rayon)”
- Azerbaijani: “Fua”
- Basque: “Foixeko barrutia”
- Belarusian: “акруга Фуа”
- Belarusian: “Фуа (акруга)”
- Belarusian: “Фуа”
- Breton: “arondisamant Fois”
- Breton: “Arondisamant Fois”
- Catalan: “arrondiment de Fois”
- Catalan: “arrondissement de Foix”
- Catalan: “districte de Foix”
- Catalan: “Districte de Foix”
- Cebuano: “Arrondissement de Foix”
- Chinese: “Foix Kūn”
- Chinese: “富瓦区”
- Czech: “arrondissement Foix”
- Czech: “Arrondissement Foix”
- Dutch: “arrondissement Foix”
- Dutch: “Arrondissement Foix”
- Dutch: “Foix”
- Esperanto: “Arondismento Foix”
- Esperanto: “arrondiment de Fois”
- Esperanto: “arrondissement de Foix”
- Estonian: “Foix‘ ringkond”
- Estonian: “Foix’ ringkond”
- French: “arrondiment de Fois”
- French: “arrondissement de Foix”
- French: “Arrondissement de Foix”
- French: “Foix”
- German: “arrondiment de Fois”
- German: “arrondissement de Foix”
- German: “Arrondissement Foix”
- Greek: “διαμέρισμα του Φουά”
- Indonesian: “arondisemen Foix”
- Indonesian: “Arondisemen Foix”
- Irish: “Arrondissement Foix”
- Italian: “arrondissement di Foix”
- Italian: “Arrondissement di Foix”
- Luxembourgish: “arrondissement Foix”
- Luxembourgish: “Arrondissement Foix”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Foix Kūn”
- Occitan (post 1500): “arrondiment de Fois”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Arrondiment de Fois”
- Persian: “بخش فوا”
- Polish: “Okręg Foix”
- Romanian: “arondismentul Foix”
- Romanian: “Arondismentul Foix”
- Russian: “Фуа”
- Slovak: “Foix”
- Spanish: “distrito de Foix”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Foix”
- Tatar: “Фуа (округ)”
- Tatar: “Фуа”
- Tosk Albanian: “Arrondissement Foix”
- Turkish: “Arrondissement de Foix”
- Turkish: “Foix (arrondissement)”
- Turkish: “Foix”
- Ukrainian: “Фуа”
- Venetian: “arrondissement de Foix”
- Vietnamese: “Foix”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Arquizat and Miglos.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grottes de Niaux and Spoulga d’Ornolac.
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