Arrondissement of Pamiers

The arrondissement of Pamiers is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Ariège "département". Its capital is the city of Pamiers.
History.
When the Ariège department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Pamiers was part of that original department, but it was eliminated in 1926. In 1942, Pamiers was made again an "arrondissement".
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Pamiers is the most northern of the "arrondissements" of the Ariège department. It has the Haute-Garonne department to the west and north, the Aude department to the east, the Arrondissement of Foix to the south and the Saint-Girons "arrondissement" to the southwest.
It is the smallest of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , and the one with more people living in it with 73,702 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 Pamiers, there are 5 cantons whose "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Arize-Lèze, Mirepoix, Pamiers-1, Pamiers-2 and Portes d'Ariège as can be seen in the following table:
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Pamiers has 115 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: