Saint-Félix-Lauragais

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Saint-Félix-Lauragais is a commune of the Haute-Garonne département in southwestern France. Population (1999): 1,301.

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The village was previously called Saint-Félix-de-Caraman or Carmaing. In 1167 the Cathars held a Council here, attended by many local figures and also by the Bogomil papa Nicetas, the Cathar bishop of (northern) France and a leader of the Cathars of Lombardy.

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Coordinates: 43°27′N 1°54′E