Beaumont-sur-Lèze
Beaumont-sur-Lèze Bèumont de Lesat |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Haute-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Muret | |
Canton | Auterive | |
Community association | Lèze Ariège | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 23 ' N , 1 ° 21' E | |
height | 174-311 m | |
surface | 26.31 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,557 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 59 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 31870 | |
INSEE code | 31052 | |
Website | http://www.beaumont-sur-leze.net/ |
Beaumont-sur-Lèze ( Occitan : Bèumont de Lesat ) is a southern French municipality with 1,557 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Muret and the canton of Auterive . The inhabitants are called Beaumontais .
location
Beaumont-sur-Lèze is located about 28 kilometers south-southeast of Toulouse and about eight kilometers south of Muret on the Lèze River . Beaumont-sur-Lèze is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Eaunes in the north, Lagardelle-sur-Lèze in the north-east, Miremont in the east, Auribail in the south and south-east, Montaut in the south and south-west, Mauzac and Le Fauga in the west and Muret in the north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 796 | 833 | 907 | 1105 | 1239 | 1414 | 1502 | 1557 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Romanesque church of Saint-Martial
- Vignolles Castle, a historic monument since 1994
Personalities
- Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718-1802), astronomer
- Henry Richard Abadie (1841–1915), British officer and Governor of Jersey
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 190-192.