Editing Cagot (section)

=== Distribution ===

[[File:(65) Bagnères de Bigorre - l'adour et le quartier des cagots.jpg|thumb|A postcard of the subprefecture of [[Bagnères-de-Bigorre]], showing the neighborhood of the Cagots and the river [[Adour]] which separates it from the main town]]

The cagots were present in France in [[Gascony]] to the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]], but also in the north of Spain (in [[Aragon]], south and north [[Navarre]], and [[Asturias]]).{{sfnp|Antolini|1995}}

Cagots were typically required to live in separate quarters,{{sfnp|Winkle|1997|pp=39–40}}<ref name="Jolly, 200a">{{harvp|Jolly|2000|p=200|ps=: "{{lang|fr|Dans toutes les localités où les cagots étaient présents, un quartier d'habitation, dont le nom diffère pour chaque village, leur était réservé. Ce quartier est généralement situé aux marges de l'habitat et n'est pas en continuité directe avec le reste du village Quand les cagots accédaient au foncier, c'était d'abord sur les marges du terroir cultivé, à la limite du communal, sur les terrains les moins propices à l'agriculture.}} ["In all the localities where the cagots were present, a residential area, whose name differs for each village, was reserved for them. This district is generally located on the margins of the habitat and is not in direct continuity with the rest of the village When the cagots accessed land, it was first on the margins of the cultivated land, at the limit of the communal on land less suitable for agriculture."]}}</ref>{{sfnp|Cabarrouy|1995}} these hamlets were called {{lang|fr|crestianies}} then from the 16th century {{lang|fr|cagoteries}},{{sfnp|Tuke|1880|p=376}}{{sfnp|Michel|1847|p=96}} which were often on the far outskirts of the villages. On the scale of [[Béarn]], for example, the distribution of Cagots, often carpenters, was similar to that of other craftsmen, who were numerous mainly in the piedmont. Far from congregating in only a few places, the Cagots were scattered in over 137 villages and towns. Outside the mountains, 35 to 40% of communities had Cagots, especially the largest ones, excluding very small villages.{{sfnp|Bériac|1987}} The buildings making up the {{lang|fr|cagoteries}} are still present in many villages.{{sfnp|Veyrin|2011|pp=85–86}}