Salies-du-Salat
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens | |
| Canton | Bagneres-de-Luchon | |
| Community association | Cagire Garonne Salad | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 6 ′ N , 0 ° 58 ′ E | |
| height | 281-428 m | |
| surface | 6.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,788 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 263 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31260 | |
| INSEE code | 31523 | |
| Website | www.mairie-salies-salat.fr | |
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Salies-du-Salat is a community with 1788 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) known for its thermal springs in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of southern France and belongs to the canton of Bagnères-de-Luchon .
location
Salies-du-Salat is located on the north side of the Pyrenees at almost 300 meters above sea level. d. M. on the west bank of the Salat River . The place is about 77 kilometers (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction from Toulouse ; the next largest city, Saint-Gaudens , is about 25 kilometers to the west.
history
The thermal springs were already known as sale salus in Roman times , but no archaeological finds have been made so far. In the Middle Ages the place belonged to the Counts of Comminges for a time . In 1958 the place was renamed from Salies to Salies-du-Salat .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1975 | 2191 | 2154 | 2074 | 1943 | 1936 | 1788 |
At the first census in France in 1793, the place had 621 inhabitants; Salies reached its maximum population in 1975.
economy
As a recognized thermal spa town, the residents live mainly from spa and recreational tourism and its secondary occupations (hotels, guest houses, restaurants, casino, golf course, etc.); Right next to the high-salty thermal springs (320 gr / liter) there is also a salt production facility.
Attractions
The place has no significant sights. Only the church ruins Notre-Dame-de-la-Pitié , dominated by a bell gable , the former chapel of a - completely destroyed - castle of the Counts of Comminges, are located on an artificially raised hill ( Motte ) in the middle of the city; it dates from the 14th century and has been classified as a Monument historique since 1925 .
Community partnerships
Salies-du-Salat has a partnership with the German municipality of Philippsthal (Werra) in Hesse.
Personalities
- Jean Dominique Compans (1769–1845), infantry general
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 1478-1481.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église, Salies-du-Salat in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
