Toulouges
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Toulouges Toluges |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
| Canton | Perpignan-6 | |
| Community association | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 40 ′ N , 2 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 50-82 m | |
| surface | 8.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,881 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 856 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66350 | |
| INSEE code | 66213 | |
| Website | http://www.toulouges.fr/ | |
.jpg) Toulouges town hall |
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Toulouges ( Catalan: Toluges ) is a French commune with 6,881 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Perpignan and the Canton of Perpignan-6 . The inhabitants are called Toulougiens .
geography
Toulouges is located on the small river La Bassa , which flows into the Têt in Perpignan . Toulouges is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Perpignan in the north-east and east, Canohès in the south, Thuir in the south-west and Le Soler in the west and north-west. Toulouges is located in the Rivesaltes and Côtes du Roussillon wine-growing regions . Among other things, the Muscat de Rivesaltes is grown here.
The former Route nationale 612a (today as Départementstraße 612a) runs through the municipality .
history
The place was first mentioned in 908 as Tulogias .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | |
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| 1,524 | 2.117 | 2,868 | 3,637 | 4,955 | 5,396 | 5,701 | 6,248 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Church de l'Assomption de la Vierge de Toulouges (also: Church Sainte-Marie de Toulouges), Romanesque church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1907/1959
Parish partnership
A partnership has existed with the Spanish municipality of Les Bourges Blanques in Catalonia since 1982 .
