Country France Department Ariège Canton Saint-Girons Area 19.13 km² Local time Tuesday 8:39 PM | Region Occitanie Arrondissement Saint-Girons Intercommunality Saint-Girons Population 6,552 (2007) | |
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Weather 15°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 56% Humidity | ||
Saint-Girons ([sɛ̃.ʒi.ʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Sent Gironç) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
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Map of 09200 Saint-Girons, France
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.
Sport
Stage 8 of the 2009 Tour de France finished in Saint-Girons, after travelling 176 km from Andorra la Vella.
State 9 of the 2013 Tour de France started here.