Avignonet-Lauragais

Commune in Occitania, France

Avignonet-Lauragais Avinhonet de Lauragués (Occitan)
Commune
A general view of Avignonet-Lauragais
Coat of arms
Location of Avignonet-Lauragais
(2022–2026)		Patricia Malmaison^[1]
Area ¹	40.66 km² (15.70 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,628
• Density	40/km² (100/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.

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

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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%
2019	1,602	+2.19%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Twin towns

Avignonet-Lauragais is twinned with:

Avinyonet de Puigventós, Spain

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Given, James (April 1989). "The Inquisitors of Languedoc and the Medieval Technology of Power". The American Historical Review. 94, 2: 336–359.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE