Valence-d'Albigeois

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Valence-d'Albigeois
Valença d'Albigés
Valence-d'Albigeois coat of arms
Valence-d'Albigeois (France)
Valence-d'Albigeois
region Occitania
Department Camouflage
Arrondissement Albi
Canton Carmaux-1 Le Ségala
Community association Val 81
Coordinates 44 ° 1 ′  N , 2 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′  N , 2 ° 24 ′  E
height 302-520 m
surface 20.47 km 2
Residents 1,316 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 64 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 81340
INSEE code
Website http://www.valence-dalbigeois.fr/

Valence-d'Albigeois ( Occitan : Valença d'Albigés ) is a French commune with 1,316 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Albi and the canton of Carmaux-1 Le Ségala (until 2015: canton of Valence-d'Albigeois ).

geography

Valence-d'Albigeois is about 23 kilometers northeast of Albi . Valence-d'Albigeois is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Padiès in the north and north-west, Faussergues in the north and north-east, Saint-Michel-Labadié in the east and south-east, Saint-Cirgue in the south, Saint-Julien-Gaulène in the west and south-west and Andouque in the West.

history

The Bastide Valence was built in 1278 by the Seneschal Eustache von Beaumarchais in the name of Philip III. founded.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
1,175 1,155 1,042 1,145 1,194 1,142 1,265 1.311
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Web links

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