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Foix
View o Chateau de Foix in Lazema aurie
View o Chateau de Foix in Lazema aurie
Banner o Foix
Banner
Coat of airms o Foix
Coat airms
Foix is located in Fraunce
Foix
Foix
Location within Occitanie region
Foix is located in Occitanie
Foix
Foix
Coordinates: 42°57′59″N 1°36′28″E / 42.9664°N 1.6078°E / 42.9664; 1.6078Coordinates: 42°57′59″N 1°36′28″E / 42.9664°N 1.6078°E / 42.9664; 1.6078
KintraFraunce
RegionOccitanie
DepairtmentAriège
ArrondissementFoix
CantonFoix-Ville
IntercommunalityPays de Foix
Govrenment
 • Mayor (Since 2014) Norbert Meler (PS)
Area
1
19.32 km2 (7.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)2
9,712
 • Density500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09122 /09000
Elevation358–933 m (1,175–3,061 ft)
(avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Foix (French pronunciation: ​[fwa]; Occitan: Fois [ˈfujs, ˈfujʃ]; Catalan: Foix [ˈfoʃ]) is a commune, the umwhile caipital o the Coonty o Foix.

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Foix is twinned wi the follaein places: