Le Vernet (French pronunciation: [lə vɛʁnɛ]; Languedocien: Lo Vernet) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Inhabitants of Le Vernet are called Vernétois in French.

During World War II it was used by the Vichy authorities to intern "undesirable aliens", primarily European refugees, including Jews, and as a transit camp for detained Jews who were to be deported to Nazi labor and extermination camps.

Le Vernet-d'Ariège station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol.

This Ariège geographical article is a stub.