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Saint-Papoul

Saint-Papoul
Village et Abbaye de Saint-Papoul.jpg
Saint-Papoul is located in France
Saint-Papoul
Saint-Papoul
Coordinates: 43°19′56″N 2°02′12″E / 43.3322°N 2.0367°E / 43.3322; 2.0367Coordinates: 43°19′56″N 2°02′12″E / 43.3322°N 2.0367°E / 43.3322; 2.0367
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Aude
Arrondissement Carcassonne
Canton Castelnaudary-Nord
Intercommunality Lauragais Montagne Noire
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Serge Ourliac
Area1 26.48 km2 (10.22 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 778
 • Density 29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 11361 /11400
Elevation 139–405 m (456–1,329 ft)
(avg. 159 m or 522 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Papoul is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

The town of Saint-Papoul was founded during the 8th century when an abbey was established here, dedicated to Saint Papulus.

The diocese of Saint-Papoul, of which Saint-Papoul Cathedral was the center, was created an episcopal see by John XXII in 1317.

Saint-Papoul is a location mentioned briefly in the M.R. James short ghost story Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary in 1904



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