Mazères-sur-Salat
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens | |
| Canton | Bagneres-de-Luchon | |
| Community association | Cagire Garonne Salad | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 8 ' N , 0 ° 58' E | |
| height | 265-375 m | |
| surface | 6.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 621 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 93 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31260 | |
| INSEE code | 31336 | |
| Website | http://www.mazeres-sur-salat.fr/fr/index.html | |
Mazères-sur-Salat is a French commune with 621 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and to the municipal association Cagire Garonne Salat, founded in 2016 . The inhabitants are called Macériens .
geography
Mazères-sur-Salat is located in the high mountain landscape of the central Pyrenees in the south of the historical province of Comminges , about 20 kilometers east-northeast of Saint-Gaudens and about 30 kilometers from the border with Spain , on the Salat River , which borders the municipality to the east. Mazères-sur-Salat is surrounded by the neighboring communities Roquefort-sur-Garonne in the north and northeast, Cassagne in the east, Salies-du-Salat in the south, Montsaunès in the southwest and Saint-Martory in the west.
Population development
| year | 1846 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 460 | 721 | 770 | 660 | 642 | 590 | 584 | 595 | 582 | 601 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Mazères-sur-Salat
- Saint-Christophe Church
- Chapel of Sainte-Matrone from the 12th century
- Stationery Museum
Personalities
- Marcel Loubens (1923–1952), speleologist
- Jean-Louis Idiart (* 1950), politician and mayor of Mazères-sur-Salat (1977–2001)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, pp. 1461-1463.
