a town of France, in the department of Ariège, capital of an arrondissement of the same name, stands on the right bank of the Ariège, 11 miles N. of Foix. It is a neat and cheerful place, containing a cathedral with a brick Gothic tower, several other churches, a convent, bishop's palace, court-house, several schools, and a large hospital. It is the seat of a court of the first resort; and has manufactures of nails, files, paper, serge, and woollen cloth. Some trade is carried on in corn, wool, horse-hair, &c. In the village of Carlat, not far from Pamiers, the celebrated Bayle was born in 1647. Pop. (1856) 7267.