Saint-Girons, Ariège
commune in Ariège, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint-Girons (Gascon: Sent Gironç) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region, southwestern France. It is the capital of the former French province of Couserans that forms the western part of Ariège.
Saint-Girons | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 View of Saint-Girons and the Sourroque mountain | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Girons  | |
  Saint-Girons  Saint-Girons | |
| Coordinates: 42°59′09″N 1°08′48″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Girons |
| Canton | Couserans Ouest |
| Intercommunality | Couserans - Pyrénées |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | François Murillo[1] |
| Area 1 | 19.13 km2 (7.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | 6,284 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Saint-Gironnais |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09261 /09200 |
| Elevation | 387–1,200 m (1,270–3,937 ft) (avg. 391 m or 1,283 ft) |
| Website | www.ville-st-girons.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Unlike its close neighbour Saint-Lizier, Saint-Girons is not an ancient city; there was however a lucus (a "sacred forest") on its present territory.
The city is named after Saint Girons, a saint from fifth-century Landes who evangelized in southwestern France. In the ninth century some of his relics were supposedly buried in Saint Girons' Church,[2] around which the city later developed.
Saint-Girons is in the center of a basin at the foot of the Pyrenees and at the confluence of the Salat with the Lez and Baup rivers, in the Ariège department, southern France. The commune is part of the Regional Natural Park Pyrenees Ariégeoises.
The commune has an area of 19.1 km2 (7.4 sq mi).[3] Its average altitude is 365 m (1,198 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 390 m (1,280 ft).[4]
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The commune of Saint-Girons is surrounded by the communes:
Climate
The climate of Saint-Girons, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
| Climate data for Saint-Girons | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
17 (63) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
6.1 (43.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
1.1 (34.0) |
2.6 (36.7) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.1 (37.6) |
0.7 (33.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 92.5 (3.64) |
78.3 (3.08) |
92.9 (3.66) |
98.3 (3.87) |
108.8 (4.28) |
90.0 (3.54) |
62.4 (2.46) |
74.0 (2.91) |
73.2 (2.88) |
77.5 (3.05) |
77.2 (3.04) |
88.3 (3.48) |
1,013.4 (39.90) |
| Source: Metereological data for Saint-Girons - Antichan from 1961 to 1990 July 2013 | |||||||||||||
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The inhabitants of Saint-Girons are known, in French, as Saint-Gironnais or Gironnais (women: Saint-Gironnaises or Gironnaises).[5]
Saint-Girons has a population of 6,284 (2014),[6] and population density of 328 inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population in Saint-Girons
Saint-Girons forms, with other 3 communes, the urban area of Saint-Girons with a population of 9,652 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 39.1 km2 (15.1 sq mi).[7] This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Saint-Girons, formed by 39 communes with a population of 18,222 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 440.4 km2 (170.0 sq mi).[8]
Saint-Girons is a subprefecture of the Ariège department, the capital of the arrondissement of Saint-Girons and the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of the canton Couserans Ouest, with 10,686 inhabitants (2014).
It is part of the intercommunality Couserans - Pyrénées (French: Communauté de communes Couserans - Pyrénées).
Twinned and partner towns
Saint-Girons is twinned with:[9]
Vielha e Mijaran, Lleida, Spain
Albese con Cassano, Como Italy
Some important buildings are:
- The Saint-Girons church
- The Saint-Valier church
- The Palais de Justice
St Girons' Church by the Salat river
Market in the Gambetta street, Saint-Girons
Château des Vicomtes, Parc du Tribunal
Petite Rue des Jacobins, Saint-Girons
Hall in the Château des Vicomtes
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