Marsoulas

Commune in Occitania, France

Location of Marsoulas

(2020–2026) Alexandre Ader^[1]Area

2.4 km² (0.9 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

136 • Density57/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

31321 /31260

Elevation292–422 m (958–1,385 ft)
(avg. 384 m or 1,260 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marsoulas is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

It is notable for the Marsoulas Cave in which palæolithic artifacts and paintings were discovered.^[3]

History

Early in the morning of 10 June 1944, Nazi Germany invaded Marsoulas, and killed 27 people, 11 being children.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	79	—
1968	114	+44.3%
1975	94	−17.5%
1982	100	+6.4%
1990	112	+12.0%
1999	137	+22.3%
2008	141	+2.9%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Recent Excavation in the Marsoulas Cave". Nature. 129 (3251): 273–274. 20 February 1932. doi:10.1038/129273d0.
^ Hanks, Jane (23 September 2021). "The painful SS massacre memories of this tiny French village". www.connexionfrance.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.