Labessière-Candeil
Labessière-Candeil La Becièira de Candelh |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Camouflage | |
Arrondissement | Albi | |
Canton | Les Deux Rives | |
Community association | Gaillac-Graulhet | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 48 ' N , 2 ° 0' E | |
height | 167-290 m | |
surface | 21.98 km 2 | |
Residents | 749 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 34 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 81300 | |
INSEE code | 81117 | |
Website | http://www.labessiere-candeil.fr/ | |
![]() Labessière-Candeil Town Hall |
Labessière-Candeil ( Occitan La Becièira de Candelh ) is a French commune with 749 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region (before 2016 Midi-Pyrénées ). Labessière-Candeil belongs to the Arrondissement of Albi and the canton of Les Deux Rives ( Cadalen until 2015 ).
geography
Labessière-Candeil is located about 45 kilometers east-northeast of Toulouse and about 18 kilometers southwest of Albi . Labessière-Candeil is surrounded by the neighboring communities Lasgraisses in the north, Sieurac the east and northeast, Montdragon in the southeast, Graulhet in the South, Busque in the west and southwest, Peyrole the west and Cadalen in the northwest.
history
In 1255 the Bastide zu Labessière-Candeil was founded and built.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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531 | 594 | 553 | 692 | 736 | 674 | 725 | 722 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Church of Sainte-Anne
- Candeil Cistercian monastery , founded around 1150, dissolved in 1791