Saint-Élix-le-Château | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Saint-Élix-le-Château (Haute-Garonne).svg |
Arrondissement: | Muret |
Canton: | Cazères |
Insee: | 31476 |
Postal Code: | 31430 |
Mayor: | François Déprez[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 43.2806°N 1.1361°W |
Elevation M: | 225 |
Elevation Min M: | 222 |
Elevation Max M: | 244 |
Area Km2: | 10.52 |
Saint-Élix-le-Château (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃t‿eliks lə ʃato/; Occitan (post 1500);: Sent Helitz deu Castèth) is a village and commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is best known for the castle which dominates the village.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Saint-Élixois.
The commune is bordered by six other communes: Marignac-Lasclares across the Louge river to the northwest, Lafitte-Vigordane to the northeast, Le Fousseret to the west, Lavelanet-de-Comminges to the southwest, Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne to the south, and finally by Salles-sur-Garonne to the east.
The river Louge flows in the commune, forming a border with the commune of Marignac-Lasclares.
The Château de Saint-Élix-le-Château is a 16th-century castle which is listed as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture in 1927, and in 1994, and it is privately owned.