Escoussens

Escoussens Escorsens
region	Occitania
Department	Camouflage
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	La Montagne Noire
Community association	Sor et l'Agout
Coordinates	43 ° 30 '  N , 2 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 30 '  N , 2 ° 13'  E
height	235-958 m
surface	23.62 km 2
Residents	601 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	81290
INSEE code	81084

Escoussens is a French commune with 601 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Castres and is part of the canton of La Montagne noire (until 2015: canton of Labruguière ). The inhabitants are called Escoussentois (also: Escarsentois ).

geography

Escoussens is located about eleven kilometers south-southwest of Castres in the Montagne Noire on the Bernazobre River . This is also where the Rougeanne rises . Escoussens is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Affrique-les-Montagnes in the north, Labruguière in the east and north-east, Laprade in the south and south-east, Arfons in the south and south-west and Verdalle in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	404	468	405	425	413	526	618	645
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• 16th century church

Web links

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