Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Haute-Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Rochechouart | |
| Canton | Rochechouart | |
| Community association | Ouest Limousin | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 46 ′ N , 0 ° 58 ′ E | |
| height | 236-410 m | |
| surface | 39.92 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,500 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 38 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 87310 | |
| INSEE code | 87158 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-laurent-gorre.fr/ | |
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre ( Occitan Sent laurenc de Gora) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Rochechouart and the Canton of Rochechouart .
geography
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre is located on the eponymous Gorre River and is part of the Périgord-Limousin Regional Nature Park .
Population development
In 1793 the city had 2189 inhabitants. The peak was reached in 1846 with 2,780 inhabitants, after which the number fell continuously until 1975.
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 1,529 | 1,356 | 1,344 | 1,440 | 1,547 | 1,422 | 1,480 | 1,423 |
history
Before the French Revolution , Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre was a parish in the Diocese of Limoges, under the Archpriest of Nontron. Worldly she belonged to the Poitou .
Saint-Laurent owned a leper colony called maladrerie , whose patron saint was Maturinus of Sens .
Parish partnership
- Weihenzell in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria .
Web links
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