- Saint-Félix-Lauragais
Saint-Félix-Lauragais is a commune in the
Haute-Garonne department in southwesternFrance . Population (1999): 1,301.inHistory
The village was previously called Saint-Félix-de-Caraman or Carmaing. In
1167 theCathars 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 ofLombardy .Monuments
The
Château de Saint-Félix-Lauragais is a 13th/14th centurycastle which is listed as a "monument historique " by theFrench Ministry of Culture . [ [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&FIELD_1=INSEE&VALUE_1=31478&NUMBER=1&GRP=0&REQ=%28%2831478%29%20%3aINSEE%20%29&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P&SPEC=9&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=100&MAX3=100&DOM=Tous www.culture.gouv.fr] , accessed 17 March 2008]ee also
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Communes of the Haute-Garonne department External links
* [http://www.revel-lauragais.com/pages/f/communes/textes_communes/stfelix.html Saint-Félix-Lauragais at revel-lauragais.com] (in French)
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