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
|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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