Lapeyrouse fossat

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Lapeyrouse Fossat
La Peirosa e Fossat
Lapeyrouse-Fossat Coat of Arms
Lapeyrouse-Fossat (France)
Lapeyrouse fossat
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Toulouse
Canton Pechbonnieu
Community association Coteaux du Girou
Coordinates 43 ° 42 ′  N , 1 ° 31 ′  E 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
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
493 607 894 1,295 1,596 2,056 2,500 2,768

Attractions

Lapeyrouse-Fossat Castle
  • 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.

Web links

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