Languedocien
Languedocien (French name, ), Languedocian or Lengadocian (), is an Occitan dialect spoken in rural parts of southern France such as Languedoc, Rouergue, Quercy, Agenais and Southern Périgord. It is sometimes also called Languedocien-Guyennai ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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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
Nicetas or Niketas () is a Greek given name, meaning "victorious one" (from Nike "victory").
The veneration of martyr saint Nicetas the Goth in the medieval period gave rise to the Slavic forms: ''Nikita, Mykyta and Mikita''
People with the name N ...
, the Cathar bishop of (northern) France and a leader of the Cathars of
Lombardy
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Geography
Climate
Saint-Félix-Lauragais has a
oceanic climate
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humid subtropical climate
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(''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.
Population
Sights
The
Château de Saint-Félix-Lauragais
The Château de Saint-Félix-Lauragais is a castle in the ''commune'' of Saint-Félix-Lauragais in the Haute-Garonne ''département'' of France.
The castle was originally constructed in the 11th century. The first Synod of the Cathar church, kno ...
is a 12th-century
castle
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which is listed as a historical site by the French Ministry of Culture.
Saint-Félix-Lauragais - La mairie.jpg, City Hall
Saint-Félix-Lauragais - Eglise saint-Felix vue des remparts.jpg, The church St.Felix
Saint-Félix-Lauragais - La Halle.jpg, The covered market
Saint-Félix-Lauragais - Le château façade Sud-Ouest.jpg, The castle