Boussens (Haute-Garonne)

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Boussens
Coat of arms of Boussens
Boussens (France)
Boussens
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Muret
Canton Cazères
Community association Coeur de Garonne
Coordinates 43 ° 11 ′  N , 0 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 11 ′  N , 0 ° 58 ′  E
height 257-403 m
surface 4.33 km 2
Residents 1,074 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 248 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 31360
INSEE code 31084

Mairie Boussens

Boussens is a French commune with 1,074 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region . The inhabitants are called Boussinois . The population increased from 750 (1962) to today's number.

Boussens is located on the Canal de Saint-Martory , 70 kilometers south of Toulouse at the confluence of the Salat in the Garonne (which forms the eastern edge of the place). The connection to the French motorway network is made by the A64 autoroute , the Boussens train station is on the Toulouse – Bayonne railway line .

Boussens is an old bastide , a town in the south of France founded in the Middle Ages and largely built in one train. The construction of a bastide was based on economic, political or military considerations.

Since the end of the 19th century, the newfound possibility of using hydropower to generate energy led to industrial activities in Boussens, the focus of which was a hydropower plant. The three municipalities of Mancioux , Roquefort-sur-Garonne and Boussens used a narrow section of the Garonne in the Massif du Plantaurel for the construction of this plant. From 1912 to 1917 there was therefore a local industry in Mancioux.

Boussens attractions include the Saint-Exupère church and Gallo-Roman ruins near the village.

Canal de Saint-Martory at Boussens

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 750 734 698 725 797 833 1033 1074
Sources: Cassini and INSEE
Saint-Exupère church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 575-578.

Web links

Commons : Boussens  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Website of the mayor's office of Boussens (accessed August 31, 2012)
  • Boussens on France this way (accessed August 31, 2012)