Avignonet-Lauragais
Avinhonet de Lauragués (Occitan)
A general view of Avignonet-Lauragais
A general view of Avignonet-Lauragais
Coat of arms of Avignonet-Lauragais
Location of Avignonet-Lauragais
Avignonet-Lauragais is located in France
Avignonet-Lauragais
Avignonet-Lauragais
Avignonet-Lauragais is located in Occitanie
Avignonet-Lauragais
Avignonet-Lauragais
Coordinates: 43°22′00″N 1°47′23″E / 43.3667°N 1.7897°E / 43.3667; 1.7897
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementToulouse
CantonRevel
IntercommunalityCC Terres Lauragais
Government
  Mayor (20222026) Patricia Malmaison[1]
Area
1
40.66 km2 (15.70 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
1,628
  Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
31037 /31290
Elevation176–274 m (577–899 ft)
(avg. 215 m or 705 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avignonet-Lauragais (French pronunciation: [aviɲɔnɛ loʁaɡɛ]; Occitan: Avinhonet de Lauragués) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

History

In 1242 Avignonet-Lauragais was the site of a massacre of Inquisitors by members of a heretical garrison at the Castle of Montségur.[3] The massacre led to the Siege of Montségur.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,040    
1975 938−1.46%
1982 931−0.11%
1990 954+0.31%
1999 1,069+1.27%
2007 1,241+1.88%
2012 1,399+2.43%
2017 1,534+1.86%
20191,602+2.19%
Source: INSEE[4]

Twin towns

Avignonet-Lauragais is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Given, James (April 1989). "The Inquisitors of Languedoc and the Medieval Technology of Power". The American Historical Review. 94, 2: 336–359.
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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