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Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
	Cathedral of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
	Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
	Coordinates: 43°01′42″N 0°34′18″E / 43.0283°N 0.5716°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Saint-Gaudens
Canton	Bagnères-de-Luchon
Intercommunality	Pyrénées Haut-Garonnaises
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Marie-Claire Uchan-Delporte
Area 1	11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Population (2014)	243
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Demonym	Commingeois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31472 /31510
Elevation	421–1,016 m (1,381–3,333 ft) ; (avg. 719 m or 2,359 ft)
Website	https://www.st-bertrand.com/
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges is a commune in southwestern France, part of the department of Haute-Garonne in the Occitanie region.

History

In 72 B.C. the Roman General Pompey, while on the way back to Rome after a military campaign in Spain, founded a Roman colony there named Lugdunum Convenarum.

In 1083, the knight Bertrand de l'Isle-Jourdain was named as Bishop of Comminges. He ordered the construction of the cathedral and of the Romanesque cloister. The place became used by pilgrims as a stage on the route to Santiago de Compostela.

Bertrand de l'Isle was canonised and became known as Saint-Bertrand in the 13th century and Lugdunum Convenarum became known as Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges.

Geography

Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges is on the foothills of the Pyrenees in the Comminges region at 18 km (11 mi) to the southwest of Saint-Gaudens. It is on the border with the Hautes-Pyrénées department.

The commune has an area of 11.2 km² (4.3 sq mi),^[1] and its average altitude is 719 m (2,359 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 500 m (1,600 ft).^[2]

Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges and its neighboring *communes*

Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges is the southwestern end of Haute-Garonne department and borders 8 other communes, six of them in the Hautes-Pyrénées department.

The Garonne river flows through the northeastern border of the commune; several of its tributaries, all small streams, flow through the commune.

Climate

The climate of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

Population

The inhabitants of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges are known, in French, as Commingeois (women: Commingeoises).^[3]

Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges has a population, in 2014, of 243,^[4] for a population density of 21.7 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

Administration

Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges is part of the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens, the Bagnères-de-Luchon canton and of the intercommunality Les Pyrénées Haut-Garonnaises (French: Communauté de communes des Pyrénées Haut-Garonnaises).^[5]

People born at or related to Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

Bertrand de Comminges (~ 1050–1123), Bishop of Comminges that rebuilt the cathedral; the commune is named after him.
Bertrand de Got (~ 1264–1314) was bishop of Comminges and later pope with the name of Clement V.
Pierre de Foix (1386–1464), bishop of Comminges that built the tomb of Saint Bertrand.
François Bayle (1622-1709), born in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, physician, botanist, professor of Medicine at the old University of Toulouse.
Nérée Boubée (1806–1862), entomologist, geologist, co-founder of a museum of the Pyrenees in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges together with Victor Cazes.

Events

Festival international de musique du Comminges (pipe organ and religious music).^[6]
Journée de la littérature jeunesse et de l'écrit de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges.^[7]

Sites of interest

Some important buildings and places are:

Ruins of the old city of Lugdunum Convenarum.
The Notre-Dame of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges cathedral.
The early Christianity basilica, in the lower town.
The old Convent of the Olivetans; now the tourism office is here.
Maison Bridaut; here is the post office.

Gallery

General view: the valley, the cathedral, the mountains.
Ruins of Lugdunum Convenarum.
The upper town and the cathedral.
The Maison Bridaut.

Related pages

References

↑ "Commune de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (31472)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
↑ "Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges". Map-France.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
↑ "Habitants du départment: Haute-Garonne (31)" (in French). habitants.fr. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
↑ "Commune de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (31472)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
↑ "Comminges Festival". Festival du Comminges. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
↑ "Journée de la littérature jeunesse et de l'écrit" (in French). JLJE.org. Retrieved 14 March 2017.