Saint-Papoul

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

Saint-Papoul
Commune
A general view of Saint-Papoul
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Papoul
Saint-Papoul
Saint-Papoul
Coordinates: 43°19′56″N 2°02′12″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementCarcassonne
CantonLe Bassin chaurien
IntercommunalityLauragais Montagne Noire
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Serge Ourliac
Area
1
26.48 km2 (10.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
835
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
11361 /11400
Elevation139–405 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.

History

The town of Saint-Papoul was founded during the 8th century when an abbey was established here, dedicated to Saint Papulus.[2]

The diocese of Saint-Papoul, of which Saint-Papoul Cathedral was the center, was created an episcopal see by John XXII in 1317.[3]

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

gollark: This is perhaps one of the worst possible ways to store data.
gollark: xkill?
gollark: URN GOODMAYBE
gollark: They're the worst keyboard instrument beginning with 'H', too.
gollark: Asynchronous CPUs are probably just harder, or perhaps about the same but not getting enough research (there is a lot of investment in existing designs and stuff) and so aren't really being made.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Saint-Papoul Abbey". Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  3. "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Carcassonne". newadvent.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.



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