Prat-Bonrepaux

Prat-Bonrepaux ; Prat e Bonrepaus
region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Portes du Couserans
Community association	Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates	43 ° 2 ' N , 1 ° 1' E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 ' N , 1 ° 1' E
height	319-727 m
surface	14.43 km 2
Residents	917 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	64 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	09160
INSEE code	09235
	; Château de Prat castle

Prat-Bonrepaux ( Occitan : Prat e Bonrepaus ) is a French commune with 917 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , the association of municipalities Couserans-Pyrénées and the canton of Portes du Couserans (until 2015: canton of Saint-Lizier ). The inhabitants are called Pratéens / Pratéennes .

geography

Prat-Bonrepaux is located around 73 kilometers southwest of the city of Toulouse in the west of the Ariège department on the border with the Haute-Garonne department. The municipality consists of the villages of Bonrepaux and Prat, the hamlets of Bidèches , Feuillerat , Les Vielles and Pouech, as well as scattered settlements and farmsteads. The village of Bonrepaux is on the Salat River . Prat-Bonrepaux lies within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are forested. The D117 from Foix to Tarbes crosses the municipality.

Prat-Bonrepaux is surrounded by the neighboring communities Lacave in the north-west and north, Betchat in the north, Mercenac and Caumont in the east, Cazavet in the south, Francazal (in the Haute-Garonne department) in the south-west and Mauvezin-de-Prat in the west.

history

Finds from the Stone Age and Gallo-Roman times prove an early settlement. The present castle was built in 1268 on the site of an older fortress. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the province of Couserans, which in turn was part of the province of Gascony. In 1562 and 1563 there were three arrests for (alleged) witchcraft. The parish was part of the Saint-Girons district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Prat-Bonrepaux was within the canton of Saint-Lizier from 1793 to 2015 . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801. The municipality has existed in its current size since the union of Bonrepaux and Prat between 1790 and 1794. It has had its current name since April 13, 1983. Before it was called Prat et Bonrepaux.

Population development

year	1793	1800	1851	1931	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Residents	1,212	1,018	1,506	1,045	848	855	861	842	778	801	809	866	890
Sources: Cassini and INSEE