Saint-Lys
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Muret | |
| Canton | Plaisance-you-Touch | |
| Community association | Le Muretain Agglo | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 31 ' N , 1 ° 11' E | |
| height | 175-220 m | |
| surface | 21.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 9,470 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 444 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31470 | |
| INSEE code | 31499 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-saint-lys.fr/ | |
 Market hall in Saint-Lys |
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Saint-Lys is a French commune with 9,470 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region . Saint-Lys is part of the Muret arrondissement and the Plaisance-du-Touch canton . The inhabitants are called Saint-Lysien (ne) s .
geography
Saint-Lys is located in the historic province of Savès , 14 kilometers west of Muret . The touch limits the community in the east. Saint-Lys is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fontenilles in the north, Fonsorbes in the northwest, Seysses in the east, Lamasquère in the southeast, Saint-Clar-de-Rivière in the south, Cambernard in the southwest, Sainte-Foy-de-Peyrolières in the west and Saiguède in the Northwest.
history
Saint-Lys is a bastide that was founded in 1280.
On June 12, 1944, the SS division Das Reich carried out a massacre of civilians in Saint-Lys.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,426 | 1,794 | 2,820 | 3,503 | 4,565 | 5,455 | 7,741 | 8,704 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Lys
- church
- Market hall from the 19th century
- 19th century mill
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 1403-1405.
