Artigue
Artigue is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Name
The pre-Latin word artica gave rise to the Gascon word artiga, a term which designates land cleared to make it cultivable.In Occitan, the town is called Artiga.
Geography
The commune of Artigue is located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie, and borders Spain.It is 109 km as the crow flies from Toulouse, the department's prefecture, 32 km from Saint-Gaudens, the sub-prefecture, and 5 km from Bagnères-de-Luchon, the central office for the canton of Bagnères-de-Luchon, on which the commune has depended for departmental elections since 2015. The commune is also part of the greater Bagnères-de-Luchon area.
The nearest communes are: Salles-et-Pratviel, Antignac, Sode, Moustajon, Gouaux-de-Luchon, Juzet-de-Luchon, Cier-de-Luchon, and Baren.
Historically and culturally, Artigue is part of the Comminges region, corresponding to the former County of Comminges, a district of the province of Gascony located in the present-day departments of Gers, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, and Ariège.
Artigue borders three other French communes and, to the east, two Spanish municipalities. These neighboring municipalities are Bausen, Gouaux-de-Luchon, Les, Salles-et-Pratviel, and Sode.
Local culture and heritage
- Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Artigue. The church is believed to date from the 10th century.
- Viewpoint towards the Pyrenees mountain range and the Luchon valley.
Population