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Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region
Saint-Papoul
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| Coordinates: 43°19′56″N 2°02′12″E / 43.3322°N 2.0367°ECoordinates: 43°19′56″N 2°02′12″E / 43.3322°N 2.0367°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| Canton | Castelnaudary-Nord |
| Intercommunality | Lauragais Montagne Noire |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Serge Ourliac |
| Area1 | 26.48 km2 (10.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 778 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11361 / 11400 |
| Elevation | 139–405 m (456–1,329 ft) (avg. 159 m or 522 ft) |
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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. |
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Saint-Papoul is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
History[edit]
The town of Saint-Papoul was founded during the 8th century when an abbey was established here, dedicated to Saint Papulus.[1]
The diocese of Saint-Papoul, of which Saint-Papoul Cathedral was the center, was created an episcopal see by John XXII in 1317.[2]
Population[edit]
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 602 | — |
| 1968 | 617 | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 678 | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 673 | −0.7% |
| 1990 | 762 | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 770 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 778 | +1.0% |
Literature[edit]
Saint-Papoul is a location mentioned briefly in the M.R. James short ghost story Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary in 1904
