Merles

Merles Mèrles
region	Occitania
Department	Tarn-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Castelsarrasin
Canton	Garonne Lomagne Brulhois
Community association	Deux Rives
Coordinates	44 ° 4 ′  N , 0 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 4 ′  N , 0 ° 58 ′  E
height	56-83 m
surface	7.02 km 2
Residents	202 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	82210
INSEE code	82109

Merles ( Occitan Mèrles ) is a French commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality with 202 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located in the arrondissement of Castelsarrasin and is part of the canton of Garonne-Lomagne-Brulhois (until 2015: canton of Auvillar ). The inhabitants are called Merlois .

geography

Merles is about 31 kilometers west-northwest of Montauban . The Garonne limits the municipality to the north. Merles is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pommevic in the north and north-west, Malause in the north and north-east, Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave in the east, Le Pin in the south, Saint-Michel in the south-west, Espalais in the west and north-west and Valence in the north-west .

The A62 autoroute runs through the municipality .

Number of inhabitants
(source:)

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	129	181	146	171	175	204	234	202

Attractions

Saint-Roch church

• Saint-Roch church

Personalities

• François de Villeméjane (1852–1941), division general

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Merles on Cassini.ehess.fr (French). Retrieved February 8, 2017.