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Saint-Girons |
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Saint-Girons
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Girons |
| Canton | Saint-Girons |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Girons |
| Mayor | François Murillo (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 387–1,200 m (1,270–3,900 ft) (avg. 391 m/1,283 ft) |
| Land area1 | 19.13 km2 (7.39 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 6,579 (2008) |
| - Density | 344 /km2 (890 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09261/ 09200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Saint-Girons (Occitan: Sent Gironç) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
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Unlike its close neighbour Saint-Lizier, Saint-Girons isn't an ancient city; there was however a lucus on its present territory where some Roman finds were made during the construction of the train station in the beginning of the twentieth century. Modern-days district Le Luc is considered to owe its name to this ancient lucus.
The city is named after Saint Girons, a saint from fifth-century Landes who evangelized Novempopulania. In the ninth century some of his relics were supposedly buried in Saint Girons' Church around which the city later developed.
Inhabitants of Saint-Girons are called Saint-Gironnais.
| Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 2749 | 3054 | 3348 | 3868 | 4381 | 4282 | 3901 | 4142 | 3981 | 4005 |
| Year | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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| Population | 4576 | 4745 | 4690 | 4953 | 5191 | 5459 | 5448 | 5915 | 6018 | 5990 |
| Year | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 |
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| Population | 5929 | 5749 | 6178 | 6120 | 6406 | 7026 | 6841 | 7368 | 7971 | 8130 |
| Year | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 7260 | 6596 | 6254 | 6579 |
| Climate data for Saint-Girons, Ariège (1971 - 2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 10 (50) |
11.1 (52.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25 (77) |
24.9 (76.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
10 (50) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.4 (47.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
12 (54) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14 (57) |
13.9 (57.0) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
1 (34) |
6.8 (44.2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 82.1 (3.232) |
79.1 (3.114) |
89.2 (3.512) |
106.5 (4.193) |
109 (4.29) |
92.5 (3.642) |
57.3 (2.256) |
74.2 (2.921) |
78.7 (3.098) |
86.9 (3.421) |
81.9 (3.224) |
80 (3.15) |
1,017.3 (40.051) |
| Source: [1] | |||||||||||||
Stage 8 of the 2009 Tour de France finishes in Saint-Girons, after travelling 176 km from Andorra-la-Vella.