Arrondissement of Saint-Girons

The arrondissement of Saint-Girons is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Ariège "département". Its capital is the city of Saint-Girons.
History.
When the Ariège department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Saint-Girons was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Girons is the most western of the "arrondissements" of the Ariège department. It has the Haute-Garonne department to the west and north, the Pamiers "arrondissement" to the northeast, the Arrondissement of Foix to the east and Spain to the south.
It is the second in area, after Foix, of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , but it is the one with fewest people living in it with 27,399 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
Composition.
Cantons.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".
In the "arrondissement" of Saint-Girons, there are 2 cantons whose "communes" are in the "arrondissement": the Couserans Ouest and the Portes du Couserans (28 "communes") as can be seen in the following table:
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Girons has 82 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: