HOLIDAY CHALETS AND HOMES ARIEGE, FRANCE | French Holiday Homes | Ariege holiday rental chalets & houses. Search the Rent-in-France holiday directory for self-catering Ariege holiday rental chalets, cottages, villas and houses. Ariège is a department in southwestern France named after the Ariège River. The department is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region and is surrounded by the French departments of Haute-Garonne, Aude, and Pyrénées-Orientales, as well as Spain and Andorra on the south. The department is dominated by the Pyrenees mountains, which form the border between France and Spain – which make renting a self catering holiday home in the Ariège, extremely popular. The mountain range forms a fantastic backdrop to the entire Ariège Department, rising to some 10,000 feet. There are countless attractions and things to do throughout the year whilst staying in an Ariège holiday rental property.