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Foix

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Commune of Foix / Foish
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Château des Comtes de Foix
Location
Longitude 01° 36' 28" E
Latitude 42° 57' 59" N
Administration
CountryFrance
Région Midi-Pyrénées
Département Ariège (préfecture)
Arrondissement Foix
Canton Foix-Ville
(chief town)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays de Foix
Mayor Jean-Noël Fondere
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 358 m–933 m
(avg. 400 m)
Land area¹ 19.32 km²
Population²
(1999)
9,109
 - Density (1999) 471/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 09122/ 09000
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
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Foix (Occitan: Foish) is a small town and commune, the préfecture (capital) of the Ariège département in France. It lies south of Toulouse, close to the border with Spain and Andorra.

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[edit] History

The town of Foix probably owes its origin to an oratory founded by Charlemagne, which afterwards became an abbey.

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Foix was the birthplace of Charles de Freycinet (1828-1923), statesman and prime minister.

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