Avignonet-Lauragais

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

Avignonet-Lauragais
Avinhonet de Lauragués  (Occitan)
A general view of Avignonet-Lauragais
Location of Avignonet-Lauragais
Avignonet-Lauragais
Avignonet-Lauragais
Coordinates: 43°22′00″N 1°47′23″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementToulouse
CantonRevel
IntercommunalityCC Terres Lauragais
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Isabelle Haybrard Danieli
Area
1
40.66 km2 (15.70 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
1,602
  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.

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 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  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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