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Saint-Girons (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒiʁɔ̃] (listen); Occitan: Sent Gironç) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

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Saint-Girons
Subprefecture and commune
General view of the town
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Girons
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Coordinates: 42°59′09″N 1°08′48″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Ouest
Intercommunality	Couserans-Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Noël Vigneau[1]
Area 1	19.13 km2 (7.39 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	6,418
• Density	340/km2 (870/sq mi)
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)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Antiquity

Unlike its close neighbour Saint-Lizier, Saint-Girons isn't an ancient city; there was however a lucus on its present territory where some Roman finds were made during the construction of the train station in the beginning of the twentieth century. Modern-days district Le Luc is considered to owe its name to this ancient lucus.

Foundation

The city is named after Saint Girons, a saint from fifth-century Landes who evangelized Novempopulania. In the ninth century some of his relics were supposedly buried in Saint Girons' Church, around which the city later developed.

Climate

Saint-Girons has a moderate but warm oceanic climate, that is quite prone to temporary vast extremes in temperature as a result of its inland position.

Population

Inhabitants of Saint-Girons are called Saint-Gironnais.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,749 —     1800 3,054 +1.51% 1806 3,348 +1.54% 1821 3,868 +0.97% 1831 4,381 +1.25% 1836 4,282 −0.46% 1841 3,901 −1.85% 1846 4,142 +1.21% 1851 3,981 −0.79% 1856 4,005 +0.12% 1861 4,576 +2.70% 1866 4,745 +0.73% 1872 4,690 −0.19% 1876 4,953 +1.37% 1881 5,191 +0.94% 1886 5,459 +1.01% 1891 5,448 −0.04% 1896 5,915 +1.66%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 6,018 +0.35% 1906 5,990 −0.09% 1911 5,929 −0.20% 1921 5,749 −0.31% 1926 6,178 +1.45% 1931 6,120 −0.19% 1936 6,406 +0.92% 1946 7,026 +0.93% 1954 6,841 −0.33% 1962 7,368 +0.93% 1968 7,971 +1.32% 1975 8,130 +0.28% 1982 7,260 −1.60% 1990 6,596 −1.19% 1999 6,254 −0.59% 2007 6,552 +0.58% 2012 6,346 −0.64% 2017 6,383 +0.12%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

Sport

Stage 8 of the 2009 Tour de France finished in Saint-Girons, after travelling 176 km from Andorra la Vella.

Stage 9 of the 2013 Tour de France started here.

References

На других языках

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[de] Saint-Girons

Saint-Girons (okzitanisch Sent Gironç) ist eine südfranzösische Gemeinde mit 6.418 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Ariège in der Region Okzitanien. Saint-Girons ist Hauptort der historischen Grafschaft Couserans. Das Gemeindegebiet gehört zum Regionalen Naturpark Pyrénées Ariégeoises.

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- [en] Saint-Girons, Ariège

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[es] Saint-Girons (Ariège)

Saint-Girons en idioma francés, Sent Gironç en occitano, es una localidad y comuna francesa situada en el departamento de Ariège, en la región de Mediodía-Pirineos.

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[ru] Сен-Жирон

Сен-Жиро́н (фр. Saint-Girons [sɛ̃ʒiʁɔ̃], окс. Sent Gironç, Sent Guironç, Sant Gironç, Sant Guironç) — город во Франции (департамент Арьеж), супрефектура одноимённого округа.

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