Blajan
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Haute-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens | |
Canton | Saint-Gaudens | |
Community association | Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 16 ′ N , 0 ° 39 ′ E | |
height | 277-430 m | |
surface | 12.68 km 2 | |
Residents | 504 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 40 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 31350 | |
INSEE code | 31070 | |
Saint-Roch church |
Blajan ( identical in Occitan ) is a French commune with 504 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region (before 2016 Midi-Pyrénées ); it is part of the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and the canton of Saint-Gaudens (until 2015 Boulogne-sur-Gesse ). The inhabitants are called Blajanais .
geography
Blajan is located in the historic province of Comminges at the foot of the Pyrenees , about 70 kilometers southwest of Toulouse . Blajan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Boulogne-sur-Gesse in the north, Saint-Pé-Delbosc in the east and northeast, Charlas in the east and southeast, Lespugue in the south and southeast, Montmaurin in the south, Nizan-Gesse in the southwest and Gensac-de- Boulogne to the west and northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 | 2009 | 2017 |
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Residents | 609 | 569 | 595 | 578 | 521 | 437 | 515 | 505 | 504 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Roch church
- Brick museum
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 371-372.