Eoux
Eoux Èus |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Haute-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens | |
Canton | Catères | |
Community association | Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 16 ' N , 0 ° 53' E | |
height | 272-376 m | |
surface | 9.17 km 2 | |
Residents | 119 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 13 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 31420 | |
INSEE code | 31168 |
Eoux ( Occitan : Èus ) is a French commune with 119 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and to the community association Cœur et Coteaux du Comminges, founded in 2016 . The inhabitants are called Eouxiens .
geography
Eoux is located on the northeastern edge of the Lannemezan plateau in the historic province of Comminges , about 27 kilometers northeast of Saint-Gaudens and about 50 kilometers southwest of Toulouse . The Nère , a tributary of the Louge in the Garonne catchment area, flows through the 9.17 km² municipal area . Except for small remains of alluvial forest, the image of the community is characterized by large areas of arable land and meadows. The municipality includes the hamlets of Payroux, Les Carretères, Le Pioc, Guillanat, La Hillette, Couterou, Belbèze, La Houillère, Adoue, Les Mounges, Le Brouca, Doussine, Caritou, Percuray, Moudran, Armagnac, Le Moy, Le Moulin Daucède, Les Horguès, Lacroix, Les Cassagnès, Joiniquet and Le Pirou . Eoux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fabas in the north, Peyrissas in the east, Benque in the southeast, Boussan in the south and Saint-André in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 188 | 185 | 156 | 154 | 130 | 121 | 116 | 119 |
Sources: Annuaire-mairie and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Germier church, monument historique since 1974
- lock
Economy and Infrastructure
There are 21 farms in Eoux (cereal cultivation, dairy farming).
Eoux is located off the main national transport routes. The A64 autoroute runs 20 kilometers southwest of the municipality . The train station in the small town of Cazères, 20 kilometers away, is on the Toulouse – Bayonne railway line .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 147-149.
supporting documents
- ↑ Eoux on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Eoux on insee.fr
- ↑ Saint-Germier Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr