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Ariège (department)

1790 · 18th century

Ariège is a department of south-western France in the central Pyrenees, created in 1790 from the County of Foix and the Couserans, with its prefecture at Foix. Named after the river Ariège, it is mountainous and thinly populated, and its castles such as Montségur are associated with the Cathars.

Ariège (department)
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ariège (department). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ariege-department
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