Saint-Félix-Lauragais

Saint-Félix-Lauragais
Commune
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Coordinates: 43°26′59″N 1°53′18″E / 43.4497°N 1.8883°E / 43.4497; 1.8883Coordinates: 43°26′59″N 1°53′18″E / 43.4497°N 1.8883°E / 43.4497; 1.8883
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Revel
Intercommunality	Lauragais-Revel-Sorezois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Rey
Area 1	51.88 km2 (20.03 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,270
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31478 /31540
Elevation	178–341 m (584–1,119 ft) (avg. 321 m or 1,053 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Félix-Lauragais (Languedocien: Sant Felitz de Lauragués) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

History[]

The village was previously called Saint-Félix-de-Caraman or Carmaing. In 1167 the Cathars held a Council here, attended by many local figures and also by the Bogomil papa Nicetas, the Cathar bishop of (northern) France and a leader of the Cathars of Lombardy.

Population[]

Sights[]

The Château de Saint-Félix-Lauragais is a 12th-century castle which is listed as a historical site by the French Ministry of Culture. ^[2]

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  City Hall

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  The church St.Felix

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  The covered market

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  The castle

See also[]

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Félix-Lauragais.

• Saint-Félix-Lauragais at revel-lauragais.com (in French)

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