Le Burgaud
Le Burgaud Le Burgau |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Haute-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Toulouse | |
Canton | Léguevin | |
Community association | Save Garonne and Coteaux de Cadours | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 48 ' N , 1 ° 10' E | |
height | 143-253 m | |
surface | 24.18 km 2 | |
Residents | 979 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 40 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 31330 | |
INSEE code | 31093 | |
The center of the village. |
Le Burgaud ( Occitan : Le Burgau ) is a French commune with 979 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Toulouse and the Canton of Léguevin (until 2015: Canton Grenade ). The inhabitants are called Burgaudains .
geography
Le Burgaud is located about 31 kilometers northwest of Toulouse . Le Burgaud is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Beaupuy in the north and north-west, Savenès in the north and north-east, Aucamville in the east, Saint-Cézert in the east and south-east, Launac in the south, Drudas in the south-west and Bellesserre in the west.
history
During the Middle Ages, a Kommanderie of the Order of St. John existed here from 1215. The bastide was founded in 1286.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 509 | 419 | 397 | 419 | 429 | 484 | 546 | 979 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
- Notre-Dame-des-Aubets chapel
- Market hall
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 742-743.