Saint-Papoul
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 43°19′56″N 2°02′12″E / 43.3322°N 2.0367°ECoordinates: 43°19′56″N 2°02′12″E / 43.3322°N 2.0367°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| Canton | Castelnaudary-Nord |
| Intercommunality | Lauragais Montagne Noire |
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| • 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) |
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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. |
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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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