Avignonet-Lauragais
Avinhonet de Lauragués (Occitan)
Commune
A general view of Avignonet-Lauragais
A general view of Avignonet-Lauragais
Coat of arms of Avignonet-Lauragais
Coat of arms
Location of Avignonet-Lauragais
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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 (2022–2026) 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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