Dourgne
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Camouflage | |
| Arrondissement | Castres | |
| Canton | La Montagne Noire | |
| Community association | Sor et l'Agout | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 29 ′ N , 2 ° 8 ′ E | |
| height | 186-804 m | |
| surface | 22.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,315 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 58 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 81110 | |
| INSEE code | 81081 | |
_mairie.JPG) Town hall (Mairie) of Dourgne |
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Dourgne ( Occitan : Dornha ) is a French commune with 1,315 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Castres and the canton of La Montagne noire (until 2015: canton of Dourgne ). The inhabitants are called Dourgnols .
geography
Dourgne is about 16 kilometers south-southwest of Castres . Dourgne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Avit in the north, Verdalle in the east and north-east, Massaguel in the east, Arfons in the south and south-east, Saint-Amancet in the west and south-west and Lagardiolle in the west and north-west.
The community is located on Via Tolosana , one of the four historic " Way of the Pilgrims of St. James in France ".
history
Dourgne is closely connected to the story of its patron saint St. Stapin , who is said to have lived as a hermit above the city in the late 7th century. For the first time around the year 1000 a Gausbert was designated as Lord of Dourgne, appointed by the Lord of Albi . In the wars of religion of the 16th century, Dourgne remained Catholic.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,409 | 1,299 | 1,250 | 1,233 | 1,211 | 1,186 | 1,258 | 1.310 |
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Attractions
- Remains of the Castellas castle complex destroyed by Simon de Montfort
- two Benedictine monasteries founded in 1890: En-Calcat Abbey and Sainte-Scholastique Abbey
Personalities
- Jean-Antoine Gleizes (1773–1843), writer and philosopher
- Romain Banquet (1840–1929), born in Dourgne, founder and first abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of En-Calcat
- Marie Cronier (1857–1937), founder and first abbess of the Benedictine Abbey of Sainte-Scolastique
- Jean-Marie Charles Abrial (1879–1962), Vice Admiral
