Avignonet-Lauragais

Avignonet-Lauragais is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

WWW avignonet-lauragais.fr

History

In 1242 Avignonet-Lauragais was the site of a massacre of Inquisitors by members of a heretical garrison at the Castle of Montségur. The massacre led to the Siege of Montségur.

Twin towns

Avignonet-Lauragais is twinned with:

Avinyonet de Puigventós, Spain