Foix, capital of the French department of Ariège, lies in a Pyrenean valley, 44 miles S. of Toulouse by rail. Of the ancient castle of the counts of Foix (1362) there remain only three towers, all dating anterior to the 15th century. The town has iron and steel works. Pop. 5860.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 707
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