Lapeyrouse fossat
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Lapeyrouse Fossat La Peirosa e Fossat |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Toulouse | |
| Canton | Pechbonnieu | |
| Community association | Coteaux du Girou | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 42 ′ N , 1 ° 31 ′ E | |
| height | 132-215 m | |
| surface | 9.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,821 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 297 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31180 | |
| INSEE code | 31273 | |
| Website | http://www.lapeyrouse-fossat.fr/ | |
Lapeyrouse-Fossat ( Occitan : La Peirosa e Fossat ) is a French commune with 2,821 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region . Bessières belongs to the arrondissement of Toulouse and until 2015 to the canton of Montastruc-la-Conseillère , since then to the canton of Pechbonnieu . The inhabitants are called Lapeyrousien (ne) s .
geography
Lapeyrouse-Fossat is about eleven kilometers northeast of Toulouse . Lapeyrouse-Fossat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bazus in the north, Castelmaurou in the south and east, Saint-Geniès-Bellevue in the south-west, Saint-Loup-Cammas in the west and Montberon in the north-west.
history
Lapeyrouse is first handed down in 1254. The place belonged to the barony of Castelmaurou. In the course of the centuries until the revolution , different families exercised the manorial rule in the place.
On January 1, 1836, the parishes of Lapeyrouse and Fossat were merged to form today's parish.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 493 | 607 | 894 | 1,295 | 1,596 | 2,056 | 2,500 | 2,768 |
Attractions
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- Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church, built in 1516, bell tower from 1530, rebuilt in the 19th century
- Lapeyrouse-Fossat castle from the 18th / 19th centuries century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , p. 922.
