Saint-Élix-le-Château
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Saint-Élix-le-Château is a commune
in the Haute-Garonne
department in southwestern France
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is a 16th century castle
which is listed as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The...
department in southwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Population
Sights
The Château de Saint-Élix-le-ChâteauChâteau de Saint-Élix-le-Château
The Château de Saint-Élix is a 16th century castle in the commune of Saint-Élix-le-Château in the Haute-Garonne département of France.Built in the 1540s, it is privately owned and has been listed since 1927 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture...
is a 16th century castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
which is listed as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture.