Baziège

Baziège ( Occitan : Basièja ) is a French commune with 3346 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Toulouse and the canton of Escalquens (previously Montgiscard ). The inhabitants are called Baziégeois (es) .

geography

Baziège is located about 24 kilometers southeast of Toulouse in the Lauragais countryside . The Hers-Mort River crosses the municipality and the Canal du Midi forms the western municipal boundary. Baziège is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fourquevaux in the north, Labastide-Beauvoir in the northeast, Mauremont in the east, Villenouvelle in the southeast, Montesquieu-Lauragais in the south, Ayguesvives in the southwest, Montgiscard in the west and Montlaur in the northwest.

The Via Tolosana , a variant of the Camino de Santiago, and the former Route nationale 113 (today's D813) lead through the village . The municipality's train station is on the Bordeaux – Sète railway line .

In 1219 there was a battle here during the crusade against the Albigensians, which ended with a defeat for the crusaders.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	1146	1194	1.80	1648	1874	2196	3031	3346

Saint-Etienne church, historic monument since 1950
Saint-Eutrope church (also known as the Sainte-Colombe chapel on maps ), Monument historique since 1986
Waterworks

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 974-983.

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