Caraman
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Haute-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Toulouse | |
Canton | Revel | |
Community association | Terres du Lauragais | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 32 ' N , 1 ° 45' E | |
height | 175-294 m | |
surface | 30.19 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,500 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 83 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 31460 | |
INSEE code | 31106 | |
Website | http://www.mairie-caraman.fr/ | |
Caraman City Hall |
Caraman is a municipality with a population of 2,500 (as at 1st January 2017) in the south of France , in the Région Occitan (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ) and in the department of Haute-Garonne . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Toulouse and is part of the canton of Revel (until 2015: canton of Caraman ). The inhabitants are called Caramanais (es) .
geography
The municipality is located around twenty kilometers southeast of Toulouse in the Lauragais . The Saune River forms the southern boundary of the municipality. Caraman is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Prunet and Mascarville in the north, La Salvetat-Lauragais in the northeast, Auriac-sur-Vendinelle in the east, Cambiac in the southeast, Beauville and Ségreville in the south, Caragoudes in the southwest, Maureville and Aurin in the west and Lanta in the west and northwest.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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1528 | 1717 | 1621 | 1642 | 1765 | 1944 | 2230 | 2500 |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church
- Le Croisillat Castle
- Market hall
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Caraman
Personalities
- House Caraman , gentlemen over Caraman u. a.
- Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609–1680), builder of the Canals du Midi
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 452-461.