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 (Catalonia).
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 (1.2 km), Antignac (1.7 km), Sode (1.8 km), Moustajon (2.7 km), Gouaux-de-Luchon (2.7 km), Juzet-de-Luchon (2.7 km), Cier-de-Luchon (3.3 km), and Baren (4.1 km).
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
See also Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
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