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Castagnac (; oc, Castanhac) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
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 ...
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in southwestern
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.


Geography

The
Lèze The Lèze () is a long river in the Ariège and Haute-Garonne ''départements'', southwestern France. Its source is in La Bastide-de-Sérou. It flows generally north. It is a left tributary of the Ariège into which it flows between Labarthe-su ...
forms most of the commune's north-eastern border. There are numerous hiking routes. The commune is bordered by five other communes, three of them is in
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 ...
, and two of them is in Ariège:
Latrape Latrape (; oc, La Trapa) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by eight other communes, seven of them is in Haute-Garonne, and one in Ariège: Lacaugne to the north, Carbonne and ...
to the west, Canens to the south,
Massabrac Massabrac () is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze forms part of the commune's northeastern border. The commune is bordered by four communes, two of them is in Haute-Garonne, and two in Ariè ...
to the southeast, and finally by the department of Ariège to the north and east by the communes of
Lézat-sur-Lèze Lézat-sur-Lèze (, literally ''Lézat on Lèze''; Languedocien: ''Lesat'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze forms part of the commune's southern border, flows north through the commune, then ...
to the north and
Saint-Ybars Saint-Ybars is a Communes of France, commune in the Ariège (department), Ariège Departments of France, department in southwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Ybars are called ''Eparchois''. Geography The Lèze forms part of t ...
to the east.


Population


Sights and monuments

* Château de Castagnac, medieval
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listed by the
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as a ''
monument historique ''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...
'' since 18 March 2003. * Gardens of the château. *
Windmill A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called windmill sail, sails or blades, specifically to mill (grinding), mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and ...
* Église Saint-Sébastien, restored
Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
church


See also

*
Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute-Garonne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Garonne {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub