Saint-Girons, Ariège

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Saint-Girons
Subprefecture and commune
General view of the town
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Girons
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Coordinates: 42°59′09″N 1°08′48″E / 42.9858°N 1.1467°E / 42.9858; 1.1467
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Ouest
Intercommunality	Couserans-Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Noël Vigneau[1]
Area 1	19.13 km2 (7.39 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,250
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09261 /09200
Elevation	387–1,200 m (1,270–3,937 ft) (avg. 391 m or 1,283 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Girons (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒiʁɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Sent Gironç) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Unlike its close neighbour Saint-Lizier, Saint-Girons isn't an ancient city; there was however a lucus on its present territory where some Roman finds were made during the construction of the train station in the beginning of the twentieth century. Modern-days district Le Luc is considered to owe its name to this ancient lucus.

The city is named after Saint Girons, a saint from fifth-century Landes who evangelized Novempopulania. In the ninth century some of his relics were supposedly buried in Saint Girons' Church, around which the city later developed.

Saint-Girons has a moderate but warm oceanic climate, that is quite prone to temporary vast extremes in temperature as a result of its inland position.

Inhabitants of Saint-Girons are called Saint-Gironnais.

Stage 8 of the 2009 Tour de France finished in Saint-Girons, after travelling 176 km from Andorra la Vella.

Stage 9 of the 2013 Tour de France started here.

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