Montredon-Labessonnié
Montredon-Labessonnié La Bessoniá |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Camouflage | |
Arrondissement | Castres | |
Canton | Le Haut Dadou | |
Community association | Center Tarn | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 43 ' N , 2 ° 20' E | |
height | 196-644 m | |
surface | 110.88 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,004 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 81360 | |
INSEE code | 81182 | |
Website | http://www.montredon-labessonnie.fr/ |
Montredon-Labessonnié ( Occitan : La Bessoniá (de Montredond) ) is a southern French municipality with 2,004 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region . Montredon-Labessonnié belongs to the Arrondissement of Castres and is part of the canton of Le Haut Dadou (until 2015: Canton of Montredon-Labessonnié ). The inhabitants are called Montredonnais .
geography
Montredon-Labessonnié is located in the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park , about 71 kilometers east-northeast of Toulouse , on the Dadou . Montredon-Labessonnié is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Antonin-de-Lacalm and Arifat in the north, Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy in the northeast, Vabre in the east and southeast, Lacrouzette in the south, Roquecourbe , Saint-Jean-de-Vals and Montfa in the southwest, Vénès in the west and Saint-Lieux-Lafenasse in the northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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Residents | 2,427 | 2,327 | 2,058 | 2.167 | 2.111 | 2,030 | 2,059 | 2,084 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame de Ruffis church
- So-called Castelfranc Castle, built in the 16th century as an early observatory, has been a monument historique since 1993
Personalities
- Guillaume de Nautonier (1560–1620), geographer and astronomer (builder of Castelfranc Castle)