Lasgraisses
Lasgraisses Las Graissas |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Camouflage | |
Arrondissement | Albi | |
Canton | Les Deux Rives | |
Community association | Gaillac-Graulhet | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 49 ′ N , 2 ° 2 ′ E | |
height | 182-270 m | |
surface | 12.22 km 2 | |
Residents | 519 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 42 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 81300 | |
INSEE code | 81138 | |
Town hall (Mairie) of Lasgraisses |
Lasgraisses ( Occitan : Las Graissas ) is a French commune with 519 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region (before 2016 Midi-Pyrénées ). Lasgraisses belongs to the Arrondissement of Albi and the canton of Les Deux Rives ( Cadalen until 2015 ). The inhabitants are called Lasgraïssois .
geography
Lasgraisses is located about 48 kilometers northeast of Toulouse and about 13 kilometers southwest of Albi . Lasgraisses is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Cadalen in the north and west, Fénols in the north, Orban in the east and northeast, Sieurac in the southeast and Labessière-Candeil in the south.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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361 | 356 | 318 | 316 | 314 | 323 | 335 | 465 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame church
Personalities
- Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière (1685–1752), Admiral and Governor General of New France
- Charles-Louis Du Pin (1815–1868), officer, commander of the counter-guerrillas in Mexico
Web links
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