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Saint-Béat (; Gascon: ''Sent Biat'') is a former
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 ...
department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in southwestern
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Saint-Béat-Lez Saint-Béat-Lez (; oc, Sent Biat e Les) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. The municipality was established on January 1, 2019 and consist of the communes of Lez and Saint-Béat Saint-Béat (; Gascon: ''Sent ...
.Arrêté préfectoral
30 April 2018


Sites and monuments

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Château de Saint-Béat The Château de Saint-Béat is a ruined castle in the ''commune'' of Saint-Béat-Lez in the Haute-Garonne ''département'' of France.Jean-Jacques DARD"Le château de Saint-Béat, « clef de France »" ''La Dépêche du Midi'', 25 July 2002. His ...
, 12th century castle * The
Pic du Gar Pic du Gar is a mountain of the Pyrenees. It is located near Saint-Béat, Haute-Garonne département, in the Comminges natural region. The limestone mountain has an altitude of above sea level. Despite its relatively low altitude, the Pic du Gar ...
is a striking
limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
mountain in the area.


Population


See also

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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):Former communes of Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia States and territories disestablished in 2019 {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub