Saint-Élix-le-Château

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) François Déprez^[1]Area10.52 km² (4.06 sq mi)Population924 • Density88/km² (230/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation222–244 m (728–801 ft)
(avg. 225 m or 738 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Élix-le-Château (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿eliks lə ʃato]; Occitan: Sent Helitz deu Castèth) is a village and commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is best known for the castle which dominates the village.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	464	—
1968	499	+7.5%
1975	508	+1.8%
1982	524	+3.1%
1990	559	+6.7%
1999	542	−3.0%
2006	658	+21.4%
2008	691	+5.0%
2011	747	+8.1%
2014	818	+9.5%
2015	854	+4.4%
2016	889	+4.1%
2017	883	−0.7%
2018	889	+0.7%
2019	919	+3.4%

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Saint-Élixois.

Geography

The commune is bordered by six other communes: Marignac-Lasclares across the Louge river to the northwest, Lafitte-Vigordane to the northeast, Le Fousseret to the west, Lavelanet-de-Comminges to the southwest, Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne to the south, and finally by Salles-sur-Garonne to the east.

The river Louge flows in the commune, forming a border with the commune of Marignac-Lasclares.

Sights

The Château de Saint-Élix-le-Château is a 16th-century castle which is listed as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture in 1927, and in 1994, and it is privately owned.^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References