Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne

**Saint-Gaudens** (Gascon: _Sent Gaudenç_) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is the capital of the _arrondissement_ of Saint-Gaudens and of the canton of Saint-Gaudens.

## History

In antiquity, the present place of the city was near a Roman road between Toulouse and Dax, where there was a rural area called _Mansus_; _Mansus_ was named later as _Mas Saint-Pierre_ after the Christianization of the region.

In 475, a young Christian boy, Gaudens, was killed by the Visigoths and he was buried in this place. The town took its current name in the ninth century, because may people came here to worship the martyr; the relics of Gaudens were deposited in the church of Mas-Saint-Pierre.

As an important regional market place, Saint-Gaudens became the economic capital of the Comminges (a natural region and an old French region on the hills at the base of the Pyrenees).

## Geography

The city of Saint-Gaudens is in the Comminges, at the foot of the Pyrenees. It is about  to the southwest of Toulouse and at about  from Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées).

It is found on the left side of the Garonne river.

The _commune_ has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

### Climate

The climate of Saint-Gaudens, in the Köppen climate classification, is **Cfb** - Oceanic climate with template summers.

## Population

The inhabitants of Saint-Gaudens are known, in French, as _Saint-Gaudinois_ (women: _Saint-Gaudinoises_).

Saint-Gaudens has a population, in 2014, of 11,255, for a population density of  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

**Evolution of the population in Saint-Gaudens**

## Administration

Saint-Gaudens is a subprefecture of the Haute-Garonne department, the capital of the _arrondissement_ of Saint-Gaudens and the administrative centre () of the canton of Saint-Gaudens.

It is part of the intercommunality _Cœur et Coteaux de Comminges_ ().

### Sister cities

Saint-Gaudens is twinned with:
- Avranches, France
- Barbastro, Spain
- Vielha e Mijaran, Spain

## Sites of interest

Some important buildings are:
- The **Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Gaudens church**
- The **Saint-Jacques chapelle**
- The **Cloister** (part of the cloister that remains of the old Bonnefond abbey)

## Related pages

- Arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens
- Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

## Other websites

- City Council website
- Office de Tourisme - Saint-Gaudens
- Société des études du Comminges

## Infobox (french commune)

- **name**: Saint-Gaudens
- **commune status**: Subprefectures in France, Subprefecture and Communes of France, commune
- **image coat of arms**: Blason ville fr Saint-Gaudens (Haute-Garonne).svg
- **image**: Collégiale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Gaudens.jpg
- **caption**: Church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Gaudens
- **arrondissement**: Saint-Gaudens
- **canton**: Saint-Gaudens
- **intercommunality**: Saint-Gaudinois
- **mayor**: Jean-Yves Duclos
- **term**: 2014–2020
- **elevation m**: 372
- **elevation min m**: 338
- **elevation max m**: 558
- **area km2**: 27.4
- **population demonym**: Saint-Gaudinois
- **population**: 11255
- **population date**: 2014
- **insee**: 31483
- **postal code**: 31800
- **website**: [http://www.stgo.fr/ www.stgo.fr]