Mancioux

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Mancioux
Mancioux (France)
Mancioux
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Saint-Gaudens
Canton Bagneres-de-Luchon
Community association Cagire Garonne Salad
Coordinates 43 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 57 ′  E
height 274-485 m
surface 7.22 km 2
Residents 409 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 57 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 31360
INSEE code 31314

Parish Church of Saint-Jacques

Mancioux is a French commune with 409 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region . The inhabitants are called Manciousains . The population increased from 377 (1962) to the current level.

Mancioux is located 21 kilometers northeast of Saint-Gaudens on the Canal de Saint-Martory irrigation canal and at the confluence of the Garonne with its tributary Noue . The connection to the French motorway network is made by the A64 autoroute .

Since the end of the 19th century, the newfound possibility of using hydropower to generate energy led to industrial activities in Mancioux, the focus of which was a hydropower plant. The three municipalities of Mancioux, Roquefort-sur-Garonne and Boussens used a narrow section of the Garonne in the Massif du Plantaurel to build this plant. From 1912 to 1917 there was therefore a local industry in Mancioux.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2017
Residents 377 393 347 406 391 344 418 409
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

There are two menhirs on the old bridge over the Noue . The parish church has a beautiful bell gable .

  • Canal de Saint-Martory near Mancioux

  • The Noue at Mancioux

  • Bell gable of the church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 1428-1431.

Web links

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