La Bastide-du-Salat
La Bastide-du-Salat | |
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 Location of La Bastide-du-Salat | |
  La Bastide-du-Salat  La Bastide-du-Salat | |
| Coordinates: 43°03′24″N 0°59′14″E / 43.0567°N 0.9872°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Girons |
| Canton | Portes du Couserans |
| Intercommunality | Couserans-Pyrénées |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Véronique Rousseau[1] |
Area 1 | 6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 203 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09041 /09160 |
| Elevation | 295–464 m (968–1,522 ft) (avg. 370 m or 1,210 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Bastide-du-Salat (French pronunciation: [la bastid dy salat]; Occitan: Era Bastida deth Salat) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.[3]
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Salatois or Salatoises.[4]
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.[5][6]
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.[5][6]
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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[7] and la Basudo on the 1790 version.[8]
Administration
| From | To | Name |
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| 2001 | 2014 | Bernard Soum |
| 2014 | 2020 | Michèle Colin |
| 2020 | 2026 | Véronique Rousseau |
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 182 inhabitants.
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Culture and heritage
Religious heritage
The Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
- 6 Candlesticks (18th century)
[12] - A Ciborium (19th century)[13]
- A Statue: Christ on the Cross (16th century)[14]
- A Painting: Christ in the Tomb (1842)[15]
Notable people linked to the commune
- André Cantenys, French filmmaker, born in La Bastide-du-Salat in 1920.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Inhabitants of Ariège (in French)
- ^ a b c La Bastide-du-Salat on Google Maps
- ^ a b La Bastide-du-Salat on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- ^ la Baftide du Salat on the 1750 Cassini Map
- ^ la Basudo on the 1790 Cassini Map
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bastide-du-Salat, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000109 6 Candlesticks
(in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000108 Ciborium (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000107 Statue: Christ on the Cross (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000141 Painting: Christ in the Tomb (in French)
