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Saint-Laurent is a commune in France, situated in the Haute-Garonne department within the Occitanie region. It lies in the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and the canton of L'Isle-en-Dodon, with an associated electoral district in the canton of Cazères. The official name of the municipality is Saint-Laurent, Bellerive-sur-Save.
The commune covers an area of 8.39 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 341 meters above sea level. It shares borders with Anan, Montbernard, Montesquieu-Guittaut, and Saint-Frajou. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 205 residents (96 male and 85 female) and another citing 176. The postal code for the area is 31230.
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- Locality
- Saint-Laurent
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 176
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitania
- Department
- Haute-Garonne
- Arrondissement
- Saint-Gaudens
- Canton
- Cazères
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Daniel Pitout
- Area
- 9.39 km (3.63 sq mi)
- Density
- 19.0/km (49.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 31494 /31230
- Elevation
- 211–341 m (692–1,119 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bellerive-sur-Save
- Country
- France
- Located in
- canton of L'Isle-en-Dodon
- Population
- 177
- Area
- 8.39
- Elevation
- 246
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Salherm
- Official website
- mairie.saintlaurentsursave.fr
- Image
- Saint-Laurent sur Save - coteaux.JPG
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- Commons category
- Saint-Laurent (Haute-Garonne)
- postal code
- 31230
- different from
- Saint-Laurent
- associated electoral district
- canton of Cazères
- male population
- 96
- female population
- 85
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-61-94-18-92
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
Originally Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni was an arrival point for prisoners. Eventually it became a special prison commune. In 1949, it became a regular commune.
The official tourism office maintains a pretty up-to-date website.
Get around
The town isn't particularly large and you can get everywhere by foot.
See
The Camp de la Transportation on rue Tanon is Saint-Laurent's reason for being. It's where prisoners (including the famous Papillon) arrived for processing. Guided tours only (90 minutes, €9). Most guides speak some English. The tour includes the cells and public execution areas.
There are also other buildings from that age - in the 19th and early 20th century the region was first and foremost a penal colony.
Do
Rent a canoe from Maroni Club on Esplanade Baudin .
Tropic-Cata give boat tours .
The city serves as the point of departure for several ecotourism circuits, most notably journeys upriver to explore the many creeks as well as the Amazonian rainforest.
Hike to Voltaire Falls Though challenging, this 12.5-mile out-and-back trail lets you experience the largest waterfalls in French Guiana.
Go next
Most visitors go either west to Suriname or east, further into French Guiana. Another alternative is to travel upstream by boat. 17 km south you will find another penal colony, Saint-Jean. 50 km upstream there's the village of Apatou and a further 20 km south there are the Voltaire Falls.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint-Laurent ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃] ; Occitan: Sent Laurenç), also referred to as Saint-Laurent-sur-Save, is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Laurent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.