Title: Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Content: 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 to the southwest of Saint-Gaudens. It is on the border with the Hautes-Pyrénées department. The commune has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  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). Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges has a population, in 2014, of 243, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:350 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:50 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:25 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2009 text:2009 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 317 bar:1975 from:0 till: 251 bar:1982 from:0 till: 228 bar:1990 from:0 till: 217 bar:1999 from:0 till: 237 bar:2009 from:0 till: 259 bar:2014 from:0 till: 243 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 317 fontsize:S text: 317 shift:(-8,5) bar:1975 at: 251 fontsize:S text: 251 shift:(-8,5) bar:1982 at: 228 fontsize:S text: 228 shift:(-8,5) bar:1990 at: 217 fontsize:S text: 217 shift:(-8,5) bar:1999 at: 237 fontsize:S text: 237 shift:(-8,5) bar:2009 at: 259 fontsize:S text: 259 shift:(-8,5) bar:2014 at: 243 fontsize:S text: 243 shift:(-8,5) == 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 . ==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). *Journée de la littérature jeunesse et de l'écrit de Saint-Bertrand- de-Comminges. ==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 == File:Saint- Bertrand-de-Comminges vue générale.jpg|General view: the valley, the cathedral, the mountains. File:Lugdunum Convenarum-thermes forum.JPG|Ruins of Lugdunum Convenarum. File:StBertComminges-vuegénérale.JPG|The upper town and the cathedral. File:100 St-Bertrand-de-Comminges.JPG|The Maison Bridaut. ==Related pages== * Comminges * Arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens * Communes of the Haute-Garonne department