Cadours
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Haute-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Toulouse | |
Canton | Léguevin | |
Community association | Save Garonne and Coteaux de Cadours | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 44 ' N , 1 ° 3' E | |
height | 147-242 m | |
surface | 10.58 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,086 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 103 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 31480 | |
INSEE code | 31098 | |
Website | http://www.cadours.com/ | |
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Cadours ( Occitan : Cadors ) is a municipality with 1,086 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in southern France , in the Occitania region and in the Haute-Garonne department . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Toulouse and in the canton of Léguevin (until 2015: canton of Cadours ). The inhabitants are called Cadoursiens .
geography
Cadours is about 34 kilometers northwest of Toulouse . Cadours is surrounded by the neighboring communities Laréole in the north and north-west, Puysségur in the north-east, Pelléport in the east, Le Grès in the east and south-east, Caubiac in the south and south-east, Encausse in the south, and Ardizas in the west.
The former motor racing circuit Cadours-Laréole ( Circuit Automobile de Cadours-Laréole ) is partly in the municipality .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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687 | 737 | 776 | 687 | 694 | 696 | 1019 | 1086 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge church
- Cemetery chapel
- Market hall ( Monument historique )
Personalities
- Raymond Sommer (1906–1950), racing car driver
- Keith Campbell (1931-1958), motorcycle racer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 409-411.