Country France Department Ariège Canton Saint-Lizier Area 6.6 km² | Region Occitanie Arrondissement Saint-Girons Intercommunality Bas-Couserans Local time Friday 12:39 AM | |
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La Bastide-du-Salat is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
Contents
- Map of 09160 La Bastide du Salat France
- Geography
- Mapping
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Religious heritage
- Notable people linked to the commune
- References
Map of 09160 La Bastide-du-Salat, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Salatois or Salatoises.
Geography
La Bastide-du-Salat is located some 22 km east by south-east of Saint-Gaudens and 12 km north-west of Saint-Girons. The northern and western borders of the commune are also the departmental border with Haute-Garonne. Access to the commune is by the D134 road from Lacave in the south. The D134A continues north from the village becoming the D83H at the departmental border and on to Touille. The D60F goes west from the village across the Salat to Castagnède. The western third of the commune is farmland while the rest is heavily forested.
The Salat river forms the entire western border of the commune as it flows north to join the Garonne at Roquefort-sur-Garonne. The Ruisseau de la Monge rises in the far east of the commune and flows north-east to join the Lavin west of Betchat.
Mapping
A list of online mapping systems can be displayed by clicking on the coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the top right hand corner of this article.
History
Founded in 1250 by Raymon-Athon, Lord of Prat, for two centuries it was called Bastida Raimondi-Athonis de Aspello.
La Bastide-du-Salat appears as la Baftide du Salat on the 1750 Cassini Map and la Basudo on the 1790 version.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 204 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
Religious heritage
The Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption contains several items that are registered as historical objects: