Saint-Félix-Lauragais (original) (raw)
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Commune in Occitania, France
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 A general view of Saint-Félix-Lauragais |
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| Coordinates: 43°26′59″N 1°53′18″E / 43.4497°N 1.8883°E / 43.4497; 1.8883 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Haute-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Toulouse |
| Canton | Revel |
| Intercommunality | Lauragais-Revel-Sorezois |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Bourrel[1] |
| Area1 | 51.88 km2 (20.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,255 |
| • 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 (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ feliks loʁaɡɛ]; Languedocien: Sant Felitz de Lauragués) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
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.
Saint-Félix-Lauragais has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Saint-Félix-Lauragais is 13.5 °C (56.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 673.9 mm (26.53 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.9 °C (71.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.6 °C (42.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Félix-Lauragais was 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) on 25 July 2006; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.6 °C (11.1 °F) on 8 February 2012.
| Climate data for Saint-Félix-Lauragais (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2006−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.4(63.3) | 22.4(72.3) | 23.1(73.6) | 28.0(82.4) | 30.3(86.5) | 37.6(99.7) | 38.1(100.6) | 36.7(98.1) | 33.7(92.7) | 30.1(86.2) | 22.7(72.9) | 17.7(63.9) | 38.1(100.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.3(46.9) | 9.8(49.6) | 13.1(55.6) | 16.8(62.2) | 19.6(67.3) | 24.1(75.4) | 27.2(81.0) | 27.1(80.8) | 23.7(74.7) | 18.6(65.5) | 12.6(54.7) | 9.3(48.7) | 17.5(63.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6(42.1) | 6.5(43.7) | 9.2(48.6) | 12.4(54.3) | 15.2(59.4) | 19.2(66.6) | 21.9(71.4) | 21.7(71.1) | 18.8(65.8) | 14.8(58.6) | 9.8(49.6) | 6.6(43.9) | 13.5(56.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0(37.4) | 3.2(37.8) | 5.3(41.5) | 8.1(46.6) | 10.8(51.4) | 14.3(57.7) | 16.5(61.7) | 16.3(61.3) | 13.9(57.0) | 11.0(51.8) | 7.0(44.6) | 3.8(38.8) | 9.4(48.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.2(19.0) | −11.6(11.1) | −6.3(20.7) | −1.2(29.8) | 0.0(32.0) | 5.8(42.4) | 10.6(51.1) | 9.2(48.6) | 5.6(42.1) | 0.3(32.5) | −4.6(23.7) | −7.3(18.9) | −11.6(11.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 64.8(2.55) | 48.3(1.90) | 56.6(2.23) | 74.7(2.94) | 87.2(3.43) | 54.8(2.16) | 46.9(1.85) | 34.2(1.35) | 38.7(1.52) | 54.6(2.15) | 61.6(2.43) | 51.5(2.03) | 673.9(26.53) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 97.7 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] |
Historical population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 1,035 | — |
| 1968 | 1,192 | +15.2% |
| 1975 | 1,110 | −6.9% |
| 1982 | 1,188 | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 1,177 | −0.9% |
| 1999 | 1,301 | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 1,362 | +4.7% |
The Château de Saint-Félix-Lauragais is a 12th-century castle which is listed as a historical site by the French Ministry of Culture.[4]
City Hall
The church St.Felix
The covered market
The castle- Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF). Météo-France. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Saint-Félix-Lauragais at revel-lauragais.com (in French)