- Foix
French commune
nomcommune=Foix
région=Midi-Pyrénées
département=Ariège
arrondissement=Foix
canton=Foix-Ville
insee=09122
cp=09000
maire=Jean-Noël Fondere
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Pays de Foix
latitude= 42.966389
longitude= 1.60777
alt moy=400
alt mini=358
alt maxi=933
hectares=1932
km²=19.32
sans=9109
date-sans=1999
dens=471
date-dens=1999Foix (IPA2|fwa) is a "commune", the capital of the
Ariège "département" inFrance . It is the least populous administrative center of a "département" in all of France (1999 census), although it is only very slightly smaller thanPrivas . It lies south ofToulouse , close to the border withSpain andAndorra .History
The town of Foix probably owes its origin to an oratory founded by
Charlemagne , which afterwards became anabbey .Miscellaneous
* Foix was the birthplace of
Charles de Freycinet (1828-1923), statesman and prime minister.
* Foix was the start of Stage 15 in the2007 Tour de France .
* Foix was the end of Stage 11 in the2008 Tour de France .Points of interest
*
Les Épines de Lespinet Bibliography
* Claudine Pailhès, "Le comté de Foix: un pays et des hommes : regards sur un comté pyrénéen au moyen âge" (Louve, 2006) ISBN 291648809X, ISBN 9782916488097, 462 p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=ruhnAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_ViewAPI&pgis=1]
ee also
* Castle of Foix
*Counts of Foix
*County of Foix
*List of Co-Princes of Andorra External links
* [http://www.mairie-foix.fr/ Official website] fr icon
* [http://www.friesian.com/flanders.htm#foix List of Counts of Foix]
* [http://www.hostkingdom.net/Languedoc.html Rulers of Languedoc (including Foix)]
* [http://www.toulousevisit.com/09-foix.htm Discover Foix on www.toulousevisit.com]
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