Bressols

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Bressols
Bressols Coat of Arms
Bressols (France)
Bressols
region Occitania
Department Tarn-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Montauban
Canton Montech
Community association Grand Montauban
Coordinates 43 ° 58 ′  N , 1 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 58 ′  N , 1 ° 20 ′  E
height 75-111 m
surface 20.39 km 2
Residents 3,697 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 181 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 82710
INSEE code
Website http://www.ville-bressols.fr/

Bressols Town Hall

Bressols is a commune in southwest France in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). Bressols has 3697 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and belongs to the arrondissement of Montauban and is part of the canton of Montech . The inhabitants are called Bressolais .

geography

Bressols is located on the western bank of the Tarn River . Bressols is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Montauban in the north and east, Labastide-Saint-Pierre in the south and south-east, Montbartier in the south and south-west, Montech in the west and Lacourt-Saint-Pierre in the north-west.

In the south of the municipality lies the village or part of the municipality Brial .

Autoroute A20 and Autoroute A62 , which form the southwestern municipal boundary, run through the municipality . The former Route nationale 630 (today: D930) is the old Roman road from Montauban to Toulouse .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
1084 1179 1352 1666 2247 2663 3345 3697

Attractions

Notre-Dame de la Nativité church (formerly Saint-Martin)
  • Saint-Martin church, first mentioned in the 10th century after being destroyed in the Wars of Religion in 1561, rebuilt between 1647 and 1684, since then it has been called Notre-Dame de la Nativité
  • Saint-Jean church in the village of Brial, destroyed in 1622, rebuilt
  • Wash house from 1850

Parish partnership

A partnership has existed with the Italian municipality of Loria in the province of Treviso (Veneto) since 2006 .

Web links

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