Caraman

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Caraman
Caraman's coat of arms
Caraman (France)
Caraman
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Toulouse
Canton Revel
Community association Terres du Lauragais
Coordinates 43 ° 32 '  N , 1 ° 45'  E 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
Website http://www.mairie-caraman.fr/

Caraman City Hall

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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

View of Caraman from the north

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
1528 1717 1621 1642 1765 1944 2230 2500

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Caraman

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 452-461.

Web links

Commons : Caraman  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files