L'Isle-Jourdain (Gers)

L'Isle-Jourdain
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Also
Canton	L'Isle-Jourdain (main town)
Community association	Gascony Toulousaine
Coordinates	43 ° 37 ' N , 1 ° 5' E Coordinates: 43 ° 37 ' N , 1 ° 5' E
height	136-304 m
surface	70.48 km 2
Residents	8,851 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	126 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32600
INSEE code	32160
Website	http://www.mairie-islejourdain.fr/

L'Isle-Jourdain ( Gascon L'Isla de Baish ) is a French municipality with 8851 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania and in Arrondissement Also , it is the capital of the canton of L'Isle-Jourdain . The inhabitants are called Lislois (es) .

The city lies on the banks of the Sava River .

history

The place name is reminiscent of an island in the middle of a swamp. A gentleman from Isle had his son baptized in the Jordan as a participant in the crusade and named him after the river; the name was adopted by the community.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	2017
Residents	3675	4002	4195	4358	5029	5560	7296	8851
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Bridge attested since 1217 ( Pont tourné )
Bell tower (14th century).
Collegiate Church (1785)
Kornhalle (19th century), see Center Musée européen d'art campanaire ( Memento of February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (1994)
Maison Claude Augé : Private house (1904), Monument historique

Personalities

Bertrand de l'Isle (Saint) was born here
Antoine Anselme (1652–1737), preacher
Armand Praviel (1875-1944), writer
Claude Augé (1854–1924), lexicographer and editor at the Éditions Larousse
Pierre Aubenque (1929–2020), historian of philosophy

Town twinning

Carballo , Spain
Motta di Livenza , Veneto, Italy

Web links

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