Bourg-Saint-Bernard

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Bourg-Saint-Bernard
Le Borg de Sant Bernat
Coat of arms of Bourg-Saint-Bernard
Bourg-Saint-Bernard (France)
Bourg-Saint-Bernard
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Toulouse
Canton Revel
Community association Terres du Lauragais
Coordinates 43 ° 36 '  N , 1 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 36 '  N , 1 ° 43'  E
height 156-253 m
surface 16.6 km 2
Residents 1,038 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 63 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 31570
INSEE code
Website http://www.bourg-saint-bernard.fr/

Bourg-Saint-Bernard town hall

Bourg-Saint-Bernard ( Occitan : Le Borg de Sant Bernat ) is a municipality with 1038 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the French department of Haute-Garonne in the Région Occitan (before 2016: Midi-Pyrenees ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Toulouse and the Canton of Revel (until 2015: Canton Lanta ). The inhabitants are called Bourguignons .

geography

View of Bourg-Saint-Bernard

Bourg-Saint-Bernard is located about 22 kilometers east of Toulouse in the Lauragais . The Girou flows in the north of the municipality. Bourg-Saint-Bernard is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Teulat in the north, Montcabrier in the northeast, Saussens in the east and southeast, Lanta in the south, Vallesvilles in the southwest, Gauré in the west and Verfeil in the northwest.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
590 605 585 584 659 772 823 1038
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Bernard church, built at the end of the 15th century, monument historique since 1965
  • Saint-Pierre church
Saint-Bernard church

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bourg-Saint-Bernard

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 825-828.

Web links

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