Saint-Jean (Haute-Garonne)
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Saint-Jean Sant Joan lo Vièlh |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Toulouse | |
| Canton | Toulouse-9 | |
| Community association | Toulouse metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 40 ′ N , 1 ° 30 ′ E | |
| height | 145-211 m | |
| surface | 5.94 km 2 | |
| Residents | 10,694 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,800 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31240 | |
| INSEE code | 31488 | |
| Website | www.mairie-saintjean.fr | |
_-_La_Maire.jpg) Saint-Jean town hall |
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Saint-Jean ( Occitan : Sant Joan lo Vièlh ) is a French commune with 10,694 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 Toulouse-9 . The inhabitants are called Saint-Jeannais .
geography
The Sausse flows on the southern edge of the municipality . Saint-Jean is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Geniès-Bellevue in the north, Rouffiac-Tolosan in the east, Montrabé in the south and L'Union in the west.
history
The history of the place begins with the Order of Malta in the 12th century at the latest, when the knights established a priory here in the place Estaquebiau . In the meantime, the place was named Saint-Jean de Kyrie-Eleison during the revolutionary times (from 1790). Since 1868 the name has only been Saint-Jean .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 650 | 1,887 | 4,787 | 6,512 | 7.168 | 8,362 | 9,339 | 10,281 |
Attractions
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- Saint-Jean church
Personalities
- Alfred Jeanroy (1859–1953), Romanist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 1555-1558.
