File:Pamiers-vue_générale.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Pamiers
Sign in to saveAlso known as Pàmias
Pamiers (; ) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although it is not the capital which is the smaller town of Foix. The seat of the Bishop of Pamiers is at the Pamiers Cathedral. The current mayor of the town is Frédérique Thiennot, who succeeded André Trigano in 2020 after he had held the post for 25 years.
OverviewAI-generated
Pamiers is a commune in France, situated in the Ariège department within the Occitanie region. It serves as the capital of the arrondissement of Pamiers and the cantons of Pamiers-Est and Pamiers-Ouest. The town has a population of 16,576, comprising 7,805 males and 7,870 females. Its area is 45.85 square kilometers, and it lies at an elevation of 289 meters.
The municipality shares borders with Benagues, Bézac, Bonnac, and Le Carlaret. It is twinned with Crailsheim and Terrassa. Pamiers uses the postal code 09100 and operates in the Europe/Paris time zone.
Synthesized by Vinony from 53 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Weather now
cached 4h ago7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
Place details
- Locality
- Pamiers
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 16,997
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Pamiers
- French commune.commune status
- Subprefecture and commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Pamiers 09.svg
- French commune.image
- Pamiers-vue générale.jpg
- French commune.caption
- A general view of Pamiers
- French commune.arrondissement
- Pamiers
- French commune.canton
- 2 Cantons (Pamiers-1 and 2)
- French commune.INSEE
- 09225
- French commune.postal code
- 09100
- French commune.party
- DVC
- French commune.mayor
- Frédérique Thiennot
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
- French commune.elevation m
- 298
- French commune.elevation min m
- 256
- French commune.elevation max m
- 473
- French commune.area km2
- 45.85
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Pamiers
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Pamiers
- Population
- 16473
- Area
- 45.85
- Elevation
- 307
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Bézac
- Official website
- www.ville-pamiers.fr
- Image
- Bannière Pamiers.jpg
Show 15 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Pamiers
- postal code
- 09100
- twinned administrative body
- Terrassa
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Pamiers
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pamiers
- native label
- Pamiers
- Commons category
- Pamiers
- male population
- 7805
- female population
- 7870
- P8168
- Cheswold
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-61-60-95-00
- fax number
- +33-5-61-60-10-16
- P12749
- Wilhelm Schuppe
Sources (4)
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Personalities
- Transportation
- Population
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Pamiers (; ) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although it is not the capital which is the smaller town of Foix. The seat of the Bishop of Pamiers is at the Pamiers Cathedral. The current mayor of the town is Frédérique Thiennot, who succeeded André Trigano in 2020 after he had held the post for 25 years.
==Geography== Pamiers is located on the river Ariège.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pamiers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (8)
On the map
3 mapped locations