Marquefave

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Marquefave
Marquefave (France)
Marquefave
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Muret
Canton Auterive
Community association Volvestre
Coordinates 43 ° 19 ′  N , 1 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 19 ′  N , 1 ° 15 ′  E
height 175–323 m
surface 18.92 km 2
Residents 967 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 51 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 31390
INSEE code
Website http://www.marquefave.fr/

Marquefave is a French commune with 967 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region (before 2016 Midi-Pyrénées ). Marquefave belongs to the Arrondissement of Muret and the Canton of Auterive (until 2015 Carbonne ). The inhabitants are called marquefavais .

geography

Marquefave is about 14 kilometers south-southwest of Muret on the Garonne . Marquefave is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Capens in the north, Montaut in the northeast, Montgazin in the east, Lacaugne in the south and Carbonne in the south and west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 539 570 535 632 772 850 977 1.008
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
  • Romanesque church ruins
  • Auribail Castle
  • Laprade Castle
Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 513-514.

Web links

Commons : Marquefave  - collection of images, videos and audio files