Escalquens

Escalquens
region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Escalquens (main town)
Community association	Sicoval
Coordinates	43 ° 31 ' N , 1 ° 34' E Coordinates: 43 ° 31 ' N , 1 ° 34' E
height	146-232 m
surface	8.42 km 2
Residents	6,660 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	791 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	31750
INSEE code	31169
Website	http://www.escalquens.fr/
	; The historical center: the facade of the town hall and the church of St. Martin.

Escalquens is a French commune with 6,660 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Toulouse and the canton of Escalquens . The inhabitants are called Escalquinois (es) .

geography

Escalquens is located about 15 kilometers southeast of Toulouse in the Lauragais . The Hers-Mort river forms the western boundary of the municipality. Escalquens is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Orens-de-Gameville in the north, Auzielle in the northeast, Odars in the east, Belberaud in the south and southeast, Pompertuzat in the southwest, Castanet-Tolosan in the west and Labège in the northwest.

The Via Tolosana , one of the four historical " Paths of the St. James pilgrims in France " , runs through the village .

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	453	896	2,051	2,884	4,323	5,477	5,678	6,055

Saint-Martin church from the 14th century, the steeple is a scaled-down replica of the tower of the Saint-Sernin basilica in Toulouse
Château d'Escalquens from the 16th century, today's town hall (Mairie)

There are partnerships with the Spanish communities of Cerceda in Galicia and Torres de Berrellèn in Aragon.

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 994-998.

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