Cazères
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Cazères Casèras |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Muret | |
| Canton | Cazères (main town) | |
| Community association | Coeur de Garonne | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 12 ' N , 1 ° 5' E | |
| height | 125-362 m | |
| surface | 19.55 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,889 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 250 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31220 | |
| INSEE code | 31135 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-cazeres.fr/ | |
 Cazères Town Hall |
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Cazères (also: Cazères-sur-Garonne ; Occitan : Casèras ) is a French commune with 4889 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department and the Occitanie region . Cazères belongs to the arrondissement Muret and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Cazères . The inhabitants are called Cazèrien (ne) s .
geography
Cazères is located on the Garonne River in the historic county of Comminges , 60 km south of Toulouse . Cazères is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lavelanet-de-Comminges in the north, Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne in the north-east, Gensac-sur-Garonne in the east, Saint-Christaud in the south-east, Couladère and Saint-Michel in the south, Palaminy in the south-west, Mondavezan to the west and north-west and Le Fousseret to the north and north-west.
The A64 autoroute and the former national route 125 run through the municipality .
history
The history of the place goes back to a Roman settlement, the historical Aquae Siccae .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 3,050 | 3,405 | 3,419 | 3,294 | 3,155 | 3,260 | 3,898 | 4,781 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame church from the 13th / 14th centuries Century with a remarkable baptismal font, monument historique since 1926
- Cloister of the old Capuchin convent
- Case House, once a building of Montserrat Abbey, now a tourist office
- Bridge over the Garonne
- Wash house
- Market hall
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Cazères
Personalities
- Marcel Lanfranchi (1921–2013) and Jean Lanfranchi (* 1923), football players
- Jean-Marc Ferratge (* 1959), football player and coach
- Raoul Serres (1881–1971), engraver and illustrator
Parish partnership
With the Spanish community Collbató in Catalonia is one since 1986 community partnership .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 578-590.
