Bélesta-en-Lauragais
Bélesta-en-Lauragais
Commune in Occitania, France
Bélesta-en-Lauragais (French pronunciation: [belɛsta ɑ̃ loʁaɡɛ], literally Bélesta in Lauragais; Occitan: Belestar de Lauragués) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
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Bélesta-en-Lauragais
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The town hall in Bélesta-en-Lauragais | |
| Coordinates: 43°26′32″N 1°49′24″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Haute-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Toulouse |
| Canton | Revel |
| Intercommunality | Lauragais-Revel-Sorezois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Luc Gouxette[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.59 km2 (2.16 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 110 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 31060 /31540 |
| Elevation | 209–300 m (686–984 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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More information Year, Pop. ...
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 39 | — |
| 1968 | 74 | +89.7% |
| 1975 | 61 | −17.6% |
| 1982 | 72 | +18.0% |
| 1990 | 66 | −8.3% |
| 1999 | 84 | +27.3% |
| 2006 | 107 | +27.4% |
| 2007 | 110 | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 112 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 108 | −3.6% |
| 2015 | 106 | −1.9% |
| 2017 | 115 | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 117 | +1.7% |
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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bélestais and Bélestaises.
A group of amateur astronomers formed the Association pour le Développement Amateur d’un Grand Instrument d’Observation (ADAGIO), which established the Bélesta Observatory in 1996. In 2019, the association donated the land from the Bélesta Observatory to the Société astronomique de France, with ADAGIO remaining the owner and operator of the telescopes.[3]
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- Société astronomique de France, “Les Observatoires et les lunettes.” https://saf-astronomie.fr/observatoires/
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