Labastide-de-Lévis
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Labastide-de-Lévis La Bastida de Lèvis |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Camouflage | |
| Arrondissement | Albi | |
| Canton | Les Deux Rives | |
| Community association | Gaillac-Graulhet | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 56 ' N , 2 ° 1' E | |
| height | 135-220 m | |
| surface | 14.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 909 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 64 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 81150 | |
| INSEE code | 81112 | |
| Website | http://www.labastide-de-levis.fr/ | |
 View of the Tarn at Labastide-de-Lévis |
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Labastide-de-Lévis ( Occitan : La Bastida de Lèvis ) is a French commune with 909 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Albi and the canton of Les Deux Rives (until 2015: Canton Gaillac ).
geography
Labastide-de-Lévis is located about 55 kilometers northeast of Toulouse and about nine kilometers west of Albi am Tarn , which forms the southern municipal boundary. Labastide-de-Lévis is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fayssac in the north, Bernac in the north and north-east, Castelnau-de-Lévis in the east, Marssac-sur-Tarn in the south and south-east, Lagrave in the south and south-west, Rivières in the west and south-west as well Senouillac to the west and northwest.
history
The bastide was probably founded in the 1220s. It was founded at the time of the Albigensian Crusade.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 705 | 758 | 766 | 763 | 780 | 861 | 947 | 909 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Blaise church, built in the late 15th or early 16th centuries
- Pigeon house , built in 1779 ( Monument historique )
