Editing Ariège (department) (section)

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations|align=none|cols=2|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://splaf.free.fr/09his.html|title=Historique de l'Ariège|website=Le SPLAF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4176909?geo=DEP-09|title=Évolution et structure de la population en 2016|publisher=INSEE}}</ref>|graph-pos=bottom
|13=1791|14=197,889|15=1801|16=196,454|17=1821|18=234,878|19=1831|20=253,730|21=1841|22=265,607|23=1851|24=267,435|25=1861|26=251,850|27=1872|28=246,298|29=1881|30=240,601|31=1891|32=227,491|33=1901|34=210,527|35=1911|36=198,725|37=1921|38=172,851|39=1931|40=161,265|41=1936|42=155,134|43=1946|44=145,956|45=1954|46=140,010|47=1962|48=137,192|49=1968|50=138,478|51=1975|52=137,857|53=1982|54=135,725|55=1990|56=136,455|57=1999|58=137,205|59=2006|60=146,283|61=2011|62=152,286|63=2016|64=153,067}}

The department has 153,287 inhabitants (2019).<ref name=pop2019/> The populations of the arrondissements are (2019):<ref name=pop2019/>
* [[Arrondissement of Foix]] – 47,433
* [[Arrondissement of Pamiers]] – 64,972
* [[Arrondissement of Saint-Girons]] – 40,882

===Principal towns===

The most populous commune is [[Pamiers]]; the prefecture [[Foix]] is the second-most populous. As of 2019, there are 10 communes with more than 3,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2019/>

{| class=wikitable
! Commune
! Population (2019)
|-
| [[Pamiers]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 15,659
|-
| [[Foix]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 9,493
|-
| [[Saint-Girons, Ariège|Saint-Girons]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 6,418
|-
| [[Lavelanet]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 6,031
|-
| [[Saverdun]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 4,828
|-
| [[Mazères, Ariège|Mazères]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,873
|-
| [[Varilhes]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,495
|-
| [[La Tour-du-Crieu]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,218
|-
| [[Mirepoix, Ariège|Mirepoix]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,102
|-
| [[Tarascon-sur-Ariège]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,024
|}

The main [[functional area (France)|urban areas]] are those of Pamiers, Foix and Saint-Girons.

=== Housing ===
According to INSEE {{as of|2020|lc=y}} 24.7% of available housing in Ariège consisted of secondary residences.<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7632072?geo=DEP-09#ancre-LOG_T2 Logement en 2020, Catégories et types de logements], [[INSEE]] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> The following table indicates the main communes in Ariège (population more than 1,000) where second homes or occasional residences comprise more than 10% of total housing.<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515532?sommaire=4516107 Logements et résidences principales en 2017], figures as at 1 January 2017</ref>

'''Communes with more than 10% Secondary Residences (2017)'''
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
! style="text-align:left"| Town
! style="text-align:left"| Population<ref name=pop2017>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4265429/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017], [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]</ref>
! style="text-align:left"| Number of homes
! style="text-align:left"| Second homes
! style="text-align:left"| % second homes
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Ax-les-Thermes]]
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:1267}}
| {{0|0}}{{formatnum:3481}}
| {{0|0}}{{formatnum:2716}}
| {{formatnum:78.0}}%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Bélesta, Ariège|Bélesta]]
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:1064}}
| {{0|0}}{{formatnum:861}}
| {{0|0}}{{formatnum:186}}
| {{formatnum:21.6}}%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Mercus-Garrabet]]
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:1199}}
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:726}}
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:118}}
| {{formatnum:16.3}}%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Le Mas-d'Azil]]
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:1166}}
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:746}}
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:116}}
| {{formatnum:15.6}}%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat]]
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:1313}}
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:741}}
| {{0|0 0 0}}{{formatnum:104}}
| {{formatnum:14.0}}%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Saint-Lizier]]
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:1418}}
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:820}}
| {{0|0 0 0}}{{formatnum:112}}
| {{formatnum:13.7}}%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Tarascon-sur-Ariège]]
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:3044}}
| {{0|0 0}}{{formatnum:1880}}
| {{0|0 0 0}}{{formatnum:241}}
| {{formatnum:12.8}}%
|}