Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne facts for kids
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Saint-Gaudens
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Subprefecture and commune
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Church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Gaudens
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 Saint-Gaudens
Location in France
Saint-Gaudens
Location in Occitanie
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens | |
| Canton | Saint-Gaudens | |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Gaudinois | |
| Area
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27.4 km2 (10.6 sq mi) | |
| Population
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11,255 | |
| • Density | 410.8/km2 (1,063.9/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Saint-Gaudinois | |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
| INSEE/Postal code |
31483 /31800
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| Elevation | 338–558 m (1,109–1,831 ft) (avg. 372 m or 1,220 ft) |
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| Website | www.stgo.fr | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
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Saint-Gaudens (Gascon: Sent Gaudenç) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is the capital of the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and of the canton of Saint-Gaudens.
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History
In antiquity, the present place of the city was near a Roman road between Toulouse and Dax, where there was a rural area called Mansus; Mansus was named later as Mas Saint-Pierre after the Christianization of the region.
In 475, a young Christian boy, Gaudens, was killed by the Visigoths and he was buried in this place. The town took its current name in the ninth century, because may people came here to worship the martyr; the relics of Gaudens were deposited in the church of Mas-Saint-Pierre.
As an important regional market place, Saint-Gaudens became the economic capital of the Comminges (a natural region and an old French region on the hills at the base of the Pyrenees).
Geography
The city of Saint-Gaudens is in the Comminges, at the foot of the Pyrenees. It is about 90 km (56 mi) to the southwest of Toulouse and at about 70 km (43 mi) from Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées).
It is found on the left side of the Garonne river.
The commune has an area of 27.4 km2 (10.6 sq mi), and its average altitude is 372 m (1,220 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 401 m (1,316 ft).
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| Miramont-de-Comminges and Valentine | Estancarbon |
Climate
The climate of Saint-Gaudens, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
0.1 (32.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.3 (43.3) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
4.2 (39.6) |
0.5 (32.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70.7 (2.78) |
45.3 (1.78) |
68.9 (2.71) |
106.7 (4.20) |
94.8 (3.73) |
47.0 (1.85) |
33.8 (1.33) |
52.8 (2.08) |
61.8 (2.43) |
51.6 (2.03) |
69.6 (2.74) |
71.2 (2.80) |
764.6 (30.10) |
| Source: Meteo-climat June 2014 | |||||||||||||
Population
The inhabitants of Saint-Gaudens are known, in French, as Saint-Gaudinois (women: Saint-Gaudinoises).
Saint-Gaudens has a population, in 2014, of 11,255, for a population density of 410.8 inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population in Saint-Gaudens
Administration
Saint-Gaudens is a subprefecture of the Haute-Garonne department, the capital of the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of the canton of Saint-Gaudens.
It is part of the intercommunality Cœur et Coteaux de Comminges (French: Communauté de communes Cœur et Coteaux de Comminges).
Sister cities
Saint-Gaudens is twinned with:
Sites of interest
Some important buildings are:
- The Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Gaudens church
- The Saint-Jacques chapelle
- The Cloister (part of the cloister that remains of the old Bonnefond abbey)
Related pages
Images for kids
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Church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Gaudens.
See also
In Spanish: Saint-Gaudens para niños
