Saint-Élix-le-Château (; ) is a village and
commune in the
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...
department in southwestern
France
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. It is best known for the
castle
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which dominates the village.
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Saint-Élixois.
Geography
The commune is bordered by six other communes:
Marignac-Lasclares across the
Louge river to the northwest,
Lafitte-Vigordane to the northeast,
Le Fousseret
Le Fousseret (; ) is a commune and a large village in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Geography
The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the left bank of the Louge, which flows northeast through the middle of the ...
to the west,
Lavelanet-de-Comminges
Lavelanet-de-Comminges (, literally ''Lavelanet of Comminges''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Garonne Departments of France, department in southwestern France.
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Lavelané ...
to the southwest,
Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne
Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne (, literally ''Saint-Julien on Garonne''; before September 2005: ''Saint-Julien''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Garonne Departments of France, department in southwestern France.
Geography
The commune i ...
to the south, and finally by
Salles-sur-Garonne to the east.
The river
Louge flows in the commune, forming a border with the commune of
Marignac-Lasclares.
Sights
The
Château de Saint-Élix-le-Château is a 16th-century
castle
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which is listed as a historic site by the
French Ministry of Culture
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in 1927, and in 1994, and it is privately owned.
See also
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Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
The following is a list of the 586 communes in the French department of Haute-Garonne.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Haute-Garonne
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