Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

**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/km<sup>2</sup>.

**Evolution of the population in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges**

## 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.

## Related pages

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

## Other websites

- Website of the cathedral

## Infobox (french commune)

- **name**: Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
- **image coat of arms**: Blason ville fr Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (Haute-Garonne).svg
- **image**: Saint Bertrand de Comminges-01.jpg
- **caption**: Cathedral of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
- **arrondissement**: Saint-Gaudens
- **canton**: Bagnères-de-Luchon
- **intercommunality**: Pyrénées Haut-Garonnaises
- **mayor**: Marie-Claire Uchan-Delporte
- **term**: 2014–2020
- **elevation m**: 719
- **elevation min m**: 421
- **elevation max m**: 1016
- **area km2**: 11.2
- **population demonym**: Commingeois
- **population**: 243
- **population date**: 2014
- **insee**: 31472
- **postal code**: 31510
- **website**: https://www.st-bertrand.com/