Marsoulas

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Marsoulas

|commune status = Commune

|arrondissement = Saint-Gaudens

|canton = Bagnères-de-Luchon

|INSEE = 31321

|postal code = 31260

|mayor = Alexandre Ader{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Cagire Garonne Salat

|coordinates = {{coord|43.1064|0.9994|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 384

|elevation min m = 292

|elevation max m = 422

|area km2 = 2.4

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

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

It is notable for the Marsoulas Cave in which palæolithic artifacts and paintings were discovered.{{cite journal|title=Recent Excavation in the Marsoulas Cave|journal=Nature|date=20 February 1932|volume=129|issue=3251|pages=273–274|doi=10.1038/129273d0|doi-access=free}}

History

Early in the morning of 10 June 1944, Nazi Germany invaded Marsoulas, and killed 27 people, 11 being children.{{Cite web |last=Hanks |first=Jane |date=2021-09-23 |title=The painful SS massacre memories of this tiny French village |url=https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/the-painful-ss-massacre-memories-of-this-tiny-french-village/430816 |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.connexionfrance.com |language=en-GB}}

Population

{{Historical populations

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1962|79|

1968|114|

1975|94|

1982|100|

1990|112|

1999|137|

2008|141

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See also

References

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{{Haute-Garonne communes}}

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Category:Communes of Haute-Garonne

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