Marsoulas

Marsoulas
Marsoulas
Commune
	Location of Marsoulas
	Marsoulas Marsoulas
	Coordinates: 43°06′23″N 0°59′58″E / 43.1064°N 0.9994°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Saint-Gaudens
Canton	Bagnères-de-Luchon
Intercommunality	Cagire Garonne Salat
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alexandre Ader
Area 1	2.4 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Population (2021)	136
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31321 /31260
Elevation	292–422 m (958–1,385 ft) ; (avg. 384 m or 1,260 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.^[3]

History

Early in the morning of 10 June 1944, Nazi Germany invaded Marsoulas, and killed 27 people, 11 being children.^[4]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Recent Excavation in the Marsoulas Cave". Nature. 129 (3251): 273–274. 20 February 1932. doi:10.1038/129273d0.
^ Hanks, Jane (23 September 2021). "The painful SS massacre memories of this tiny French village". www.connexionfrance.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

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