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Commune of Foix |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Foix |
| Canton | Foix-Ville |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Foix |
| Mayor | Jean-Noël Fondere (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 358 m–933 m (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Midi-Pyrénées ( Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus or Mieidia-Pirenèus) is the largest region of Metropolitan France by area larger In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Ariège ( Occitan: Arièja) is a department in southwestern France named after the Ariège River. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Foix is an arrondissement of France located in the Ariège département, in the Midi-Pyrénées The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 400 m) |
| Land area¹ | 19. 32 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
9,109 |
| - Density | 471/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 09122/ 09000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | |
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Foix (IPA: [fwa]) is a commune, the capital of the Ariège département in France. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. Ariège ( Occitan: Arièja) is a department in southwestern France named after the Ariège River. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. It is the least populous administrative center of a département in all of France (1999 census), although it is only very slightly smaller than Privas. Privas is a commune of France, préfecture (capital of the Ardèche département. It lies south of Toulouse, close to the border with Spain and Andorra. Toulouse ( pronounced in standard French, and in the local accent ( Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced) is a city in southwest Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra ( Catalan: Principat d'Andorra) is a small Landlocked country in western
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History
The town of Foix probably owes its origin to an oratory founded by Charlemagne, which afterwards became an abbey. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or
Miscellaneous
Foix was the birthplace of Charles de Freycinet (1828-1923), statesman and prime minister. Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (14 November 1828 - 14 May 1923 was a French statesman and President of the Council during the Third Republic, part The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Foix was the start of Stage 15 in the 2007 Tour de France. The 2007 Tour de France, the 94th running of the race, took place from July 7 to July 29 2007
See also
External links
- Official website (French)
- List of Counts of Foix
- Rulers of Languedoc (including Foix)
- Discover Foix on www.toulousevisit.com
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