Saint-Papoul

Saint-Papoul
Saint-Papoul

Coordinates: 43°19′56″N 2°02′12″E / 43.3322°N 2.0367°E / 43.3322; 2.0367Coordinates: 43°19′56″N 2°02′12″E / 43.3322°N 2.0367°E / 43.3322; 2.0367
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Aude
Arrondissement Carcassonne
Canton Castelnaudary-Nord
Intercommunality Lauragais Montagne Noire
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Serge Ourliac
Area1 26.48 km2 (10.22 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 778
 • Density 29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 11361 / 11400
Elevation 139–405 m (456–1,329 ft)
(avg. 159 m or 522 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Papoul is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

History

The town of Saint-Papoul was founded during the 8th century when an abbey was established here, dedicated to Saint Papulus.[1]

The diocese of Saint-Papoul, of which Saint-Papoul Cathedral was the center, was created an episcopal see by John XXII in 1317.[2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962602—    
1968617+2.5%
1975678+9.9%
1982673−0.7%
1990762+13.2%
1999770+1.0%
2008778+1.0%

Literature

Saint-Papoul is a location mentioned briefly in the M.R. James short ghost story Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary in 1904

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Saint-Papoul Abbey". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  2. ↑ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Carcassonne". newadvent.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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