Avignonet-Lauragais
Commune in Occitania, France
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Avignonet-Lauragais (French pronunciation: [aviɲɔnɛ loʁaɡɛ]; Occitan: Avinhonet de Lauragués) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Avignonet-Lauragais
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A general view of Avignonet-Lauragais | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Avignonet-Lauragais | |
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| Coordinates: 43°22′00″N 1°47′23″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Haute-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Toulouse |
| Canton | Revel |
| Intercommunality | CC Terres Lauragais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Patricia Malmaison[1] |
Area 1 | 40.66 km2 (15.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,573 |
| • Density | 38.69/km2 (100.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 31037 /31290 |
| Elevation | 176–274 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.[3] The massacre led to the Siege of Montségur.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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% |
| 2023 | 1,573 | +0.42% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Twin towns
Avignonet-Lauragais is twinned with:
