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Ariège

American  
[a-ryezh] / aˈryɛʒ /

noun

  1. a department in S France. 1,893 sq. mi. (4,905 sq. km). Foix.


Ariège British  
/ arjɛʒ /

noun

  1. a department of SW France, in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Foix. Pop: 139 612 (2003 est). Area: 4903 sq km (1912 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On Thursday there were clashes between riot police and demonstrators in the southern Ariège department, after vets were called in to destroy potentially contaminated cattle at a farm.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

The shooting happened in the Mont Valier nature reserve near the village of Seix, Ariège.

From BBC • May 6, 2025

On Tuesday, a car carrying three people rammed into a barricade of straw bales in the town of Pamiers, in the Ariège region of southwestern France.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Her husband and teenage daughter are in critical condition, the Ariège prefecture said.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Above the swift flowing Ariège in their superb setting of mountain and forest are the towers and parapets of the old château, in itself enough to make the name and fame of any city….

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

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