Vacquiers

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Vacquiers
Vaquièrs
Coat of arms of Vacquiers
Vacquiers (France)
Vacquiers
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Toulouse
Canton Villemur-sur-Tarn
Community association Frontonnais
Coordinates 43 ° 47 '  N , 1 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 47 '  N , 1 ° 29'  E
height 110-225 m
surface 19.61 km 2
Residents 1,307 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 67 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 31340
INSEE code
Website http://www.mairievacquiers.fr/

Town hall ( Mairie ) of Vacquiers

Vacquiers ( Occitan Vaquièrs ) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Toulouse and the Canton of Villemur-sur-Tarn (until 2015: Canton Fronton ). The 1,307 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) are called Vacquiérois .

geography

Vacquiers is about 20 kilometers north of Toulouse . Vacquiers is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villematier in the north, La Magdeleine-sur-Tarn in the north-east, Montjoire in the east, Villariès in the south, Gargas in the south and south-west and Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc in the west and south-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 462 475 549 736 916 1032 1231 1307
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Sernin church
  • Saint-Sernin church
  • Wash house

Community partnerships

There is a partnership with the Czech municipality of Blansko in Jihomoravský kraj (together with the neighboring municipalities of Bouloc and Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc ).

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 728-730.

Web links

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