Saint-Papoul

Saint-Papoul (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ papul] ^ⓘ; Languedocien: Sant Pàpol) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Saint-Papoul
Commune
A general view of Saint-Papoul
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Papoul
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Coordinates: 43°19′56″N 2°02′12″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	Le Bassin chaurien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Ourliac[1]
Area 1	26.48 km2 (10.22 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	832
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

History

The town of Saint-Papoul was founded during the 8th century when an abbey was established here, dedicated to Saint Papulus.^[3]

The diocese of Saint-Papoul, of which Saint-Papoul Cathedral was the center, was created an episcopal see by John XXII in 1317.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	602	—
1968	617	+2.5%
1975	678	+9.9%
1982	673	−0.7%
1990	762	+13.2%
1999	770	+1.0%
2008	778	+1.0%

Literature

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

See also

• Communes of the Aude department