Avignonet-Lauragais

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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
Avignonet-Lauragais is located in France
Avignonet-Lauragais
Avignonet-Lauragais
Coordinates: 43°22′00″N 1°47′23″E / 43.3667°N 1.7897°E / 43.3667; 1.7897Coordinates: 43°22′00″N 1°47′23″E / 43.3667°N 1.7897°E / 43.3667; 1.7897
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementToulouse
CantonRevel
Intercommunality
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Isabelle Haybrard Danieli
Area
1
40.66 km2 (15.70 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
1,578
 • Density39/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.[2] The massacre led to the Siege of Montségur.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962963—    
19681,040+8.0%
1975938−9.8%
1982931−0.7%
1990954+2.5%
19991,069+12.1%
20061,220+14.1%
20071,241+1.7%
20081,262+1.7%
20131,438+13.9%
20141,443+0.3%
20151,444+0.1%
20181,578+9.3%

Twin towns[]

Avignonet-Lauragais is twinned with:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Given, James (April 1989). "The Inquisitors of Languedoc and the Medieval Technology of Power". The American Historical Review. 94, 2: 336–359.



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