Cagot
（重定向自Cagots）
![The Way of St. James; the anti-Cagot prejudice existed in northern Spain, Western France, and Southern France, roughly coinciding with the main routes.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Stjacquescompostelle10358.png")
![Holy water font for Cagots in Oloron cathedral, Béarn](/Images/godic/202501/02/Agote_ur_pila_oloreneko_katedralean0358.jpg")
The Cagots (pronounced: [ka.ɡo]) were a persecuted and despised minority found in the west of France and northern Spain: the Navarrese Pyrenees, Basque provinces, Béarn, Aragón, Gascony and Brittany. Their name has differed by province and the local language: Cagots, Gézitains, Gahets, and Gafets in Gascony; Agotes, Agotak, and Gafos in Basque country; Capots in Anjou and Languedoc; and Cacons, Cahets, Caqueux, and Caquins in Brittany. Evidence of the group exists back as far as AD 1000.