Editing Ariège (department) (section)

=== Literature ===
* Marie de Calages (1630–1661), born in [[Mirepoix, Ariège|Mirepoix]], was a poet, crowned many times by l'Académie des Jeux Floraux.
* [[Pierre Bayle]] (1647–1706), philosopher and writer born at [[Carla-Bayle]] (then called ''Carla-le-Comte''; the commune was renamed in his honour)
* [[Frédéric Soulié]] (1800–1847), novelist born in [[Foix]], lived as a boy in [[Mirepoix, Ariège|Mirepoix]]
* [[Napoléon Peyrat]], born in 1809 at [[Les Bordes-sur-Arize]], died in 1881, pastor, historian of the [[Cathars]] and a poet
* Marie-Louise (born 1876 in [[Mirepoix, Ariège|Mirepoix]]) and [[Raymond Escholier]] (born 1882 in Paris), co-authors of "regionalist" novels such as ''Cantegril'' which won the [[Prix Fémina]] in 1922
* [[Isabelle Sandy]] (1884–1975), writer born in [[Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière]]
* Louis-Henry Destel (1885–1962), novelist born in [[Lézat-sur-Lèze]], died at [[Saint-Girons, Ariège|Saint-Girons]].
* [[Marcel Pagnol]] (1895–1974), the novelist, playwright and filmmaker, taught at the École Supérieure in [[Mirepoix, Ariège|Mirepoix]].
* [[Raymond Abellio]] (Georges Soulès) (1907–1986) philosopher, novelist. His paternal family came from [[Ax-les-Thermes]] and his maternal family was from [[Seix]] in Haut-Couserans
* Gaston Massat (1909–1966), surrealist poet and resistance fighter born in [[Saint-Girons (Ariège)|Saint-Girons]]
* Michel-Aimé Baudouy (1909–1999), scholar, novelist, and playwright born in [[Le Vernet, Ariège|Vernet d'Ariège]]
* Max-Firmin Leclerc (1923–2014), writer and television director, lived in the commune of [[Durfort, Ariège|Durfort]] (Maloureille) from 1974 to 1988
* Christian Bernadac (1937–2003), journalist and writer born in [[Tarascon-sur-Ariège]]
* Georges-Patrick Gleize (1952–), novelist and historian
* Patrick Cintas (1954–), writer, painter, sculptor, and composer
* Remy Marrot (author of the novel 'Le Tribunal du peuple') teaches in Pamiers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/09/18/1954025-remy-marrot-jeune-ecrivain.html|title=Ax-les-Thermes. Rémy Marrot : jeune écrivain|website=ladepeche.fr}}</ref>