Les Cabannes, Commune in Ariège, France
Les Cabannes is a commune in the Ariège department, in the Occitanie region of southern France. It belongs to the canton of Cabannes and the arrondissement of Foix.
The name Les Cabannes refers to the simple wooden shelters that shepherds once used in this part of the Pyrenees. The area was long part of the County of Foix before being absorbed into the French administrative system after the Revolution.
The commune sits in the Ariège valley and can be reached easily by the main road that runs through the valley. Foix, the departmental capital, is only a short drive away and offers a wide range of services.
The canton of Cabannes, which shares its name with the commune, groups together several villages in the Ariège valley into a single administrative unit within the arrondissement of Foix. The word cabannes is common across southwestern France and Occitan-speaking areas, always referring to the same type of simple pastoral shelter.
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