Bélesta-en-Lauragais

Bélesta-en-Lauragais Bèl Estar  (Occitan)
Commune
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°26′32″N 1°49′24″E / 43.4422°N 1.8233°E / 43.4422; 1.8233Coordinates: 43°26′32″N 1°49′24″E / 43.4422°N 1.8233°E / 43.4422; 1.8233
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Revel
Intercommunality	Lauragais-Revel-Sorezois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Hubert Sicard
Area 1	5.59 km2 (2.16 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	117
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31060 /31540
Elevation	209–300 m (686–984 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bélesta-en-Lauragais (Occitan: Bèl Estar) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Population[]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bélestais and Bélestaises.

Astronomical observatory[]

A group of amateur astronomers formed the Association pour le Développement Amateur d’un Grand Instrument d’Observation (ADAGIO), which established the Bélesta Observatory in 1996. In 2019, the association donated the land from the Bélesta Observatory to the Société astronomique de France, with ADAGIO remaining the owner and operator of the telescopes.^[2]

See also[]

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References[]

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