Saint-Félix-Lauragais | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Saint-Félix-Lauragais (Haute-Garonne).svg |
Arrondissement: | Toulouse |
Canton: | Revel |
Insee: | 31478 |
Postal Code: | 31540 |
Mayor: | Alain Bourrel[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Lauragais-Revel-Sorezois |
Coordinates: | 43.4497°N 1.8883°W |
Elevation M: | 321 |
Elevation Min M: | 178 |
Elevation Max M: | 341 |
Area Km2: | 51.88 |
Saint-Félix-Lauragais (pronounced as /fr/; Languedocien: Sant Felitz de Lauragués) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
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.
Saint-Félix-Lauragais has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Saint-Félix-Lauragais is . The average annual rainfall is with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Félix-Lauragais was on 25 July 2006; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 8 February 2012.
The Château de Saint-Félix-Lauragais is a 12th-century castle which is listed as a historical site by the French Ministry of Culture.