L'Isle-en-Dodon

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L'Isle-en-Dodon
Coat of arms of L'Isle-en-Dodon
L'Isle-en-Dodon (France)
L'Isle-en-Dodon
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Saint-Gaudens
Canton Cazères
Community association Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges
Coordinates 43 ° 23 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 23 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  E
height 187-326 m
surface 22.58 km 2
Residents 1,631 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 72 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 31230
INSEE code
Website http://www.lisleendodon.com/

Saint-Adrien Church

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L'Isle-en-Dodon ( Occitan : L'Illa de skin ) is a French municipality with 1631 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Garonne in the region of Midi-Pyrénées . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and is part of the canton of Cazères . The inhabitants call themselves L'Islois .

geography

L'Isle-en-Dodon is located in the Comminges countryside and on the Lannemezan plain on the Save . The Larjo River limits the municipality to the west. L'Isle-en-Dodon is surrounded by the neighboring communities Boissède in the north, Mirambeau and Martisserre in the north-east, Agassac in the east, Coueilles in the south-east, Saint-Frajou in the south and south-east, Anan in the south, Puymaurin in the west and south-west, Molas in the West and north-west and Tournan in the north-west.

history

L'Isle-en-Dodon is one of the bastids that were founded in the 11th century.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2010 2017
1779 2046 2022 2039 2037 1,905 1984 1631
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Adrien church, fortified apse from the 14th century, monument historique
  • Saint-Pierre Chapel
  • Saint Roch chapel
  • Fortified town center from the 11th century
  • Town hall and market halls from the 19th century

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 786-794.

Web links

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