La Bastide-du-Salat (; oc, Era Bastida deth Salat) is a commune in the Ariège

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in the

Occitanie Occitanie may refer to: *Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French *Occitania (administrative region) Occitania ( ; french: Occitanie ; oc, Occitània ; ca, Occitània ) is the southernmost administrative region of ...

region of south-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Salatois'' or ''Salatoises''.

Geography

La Bastide-du-Salat is located some 22 km east by south-east of Saint-Gaudens and 12 km north-west of Saint-Girons. The northern and western borders of the commune are also the departmental border with

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's ...

. Access to the commune is by the D134 road from Lacave in the south. The D134A continues north from the village becoming the D83H at the departmental border and on to Touille. The D60F goes west from the village across the

Salat (, plural , romanized: or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːh, ( or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːtʰin construct state) ), also known as ( fa, نماز) and also spelled , are prayers performed by Muslims. Facing the , the direction of the Kaaba wit ...

to Castagnède. The western third of the commune is farmland while the rest is heavily forested. The

river forms the entire western border of the commune as it flows north to join the

Garonne The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – a ...

at Roquefort-sur-Garonne. The ''Ruisseau de la Monge'' rises in the far east of the commune and flows north-east to join the ''Lavin'' west of Betchat.

History

Founded in 1250 by Raymon-Athon, Lord of Prat, for two centuries it was called ''Bastida Raimondi-Athonis de Aspello''. La Bastide-du-Salat appears as ''la Baftide du Salat'' on the 1750

Cassini Map The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Ca ...

and ''la Basudo'' on the 1790 version.

Administration

List of Successive

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Demography

In 2017 the commune had 182 inhabitants.

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption contains several items that are registered as historical objects: *6

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s (18th century) *A Ciborium (19th century) *A Statue: Christ on the Cross (16th century) *A Painting: Christ in the Tomb (1842)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Notable people linked to the commune

* André Cantenys, French filmmaker, born in La Bastide-du-Salat in 1920.

References

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