What is Foix?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Foix |commune status = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = Flag of the County of Foix.svg |image coat of arms = Blason du comté de Foix.svg |image = Foix - Château et ville.jpg |caption = View of Chateau de Foix in Lazema area |arrondissement = Foix |canton = Foix |party = [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]] |mayor = Norbert Meler<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mairie-foix.fr/index.php/Conseil-municipal?idpage=12&idmetacontenu=l |title=Ville de Foix |publisher=habitants.fr |language=French |accessdate=27 March 2017 |date= }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |term = 2014–2020 |intercommunality = Pays Foix-Varilhes |coordinates = {{coord|42.9664|1.6078|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 400 |elevation min m = 358 |elevation max m = 933 |area km2 = 19.32 |population = 9721 |population date = 2014 |population demonym = Fuxéen |INSEE = 09122 |postal code = 09000 |website = [http://www.mairie-foix.fr/ www.mairie-foix.fr] }} '''Foix''' ({{lang-oc|Fois}}; {{lang-ca|Foix}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]], the former capital of the [[Comté de Foix|County of Foix]]. Today it is the [[Prefectures in France|préfecture]] of the [[Ariège (department)|Ariège]] [[Departments of France|department]] in southwestern France in the [[Occitanie]] [[Regions of France|region]]. It is to south of [[Toulouse]], close to the border with Spain and [[Andorra]]. The city is only the second city of the department after [[Pamiers]]. Of all [[France|French]] ''préfectures'', Foix is the one with fewest people living in it. ==History== [[File:foix france castle.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Château des Comtes de Foix]] The [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] built a [[Fortification|fort]] on the [[Rock (geology)|rock]]y [[hill]]