Valentine (Haute-Garonne)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens | |
| Canton | Saint-Gaudens | |
| Community association | Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 6 ′ N , 0 ° 42 ′ E | |
| height | 356-546 m | |
| surface | 8.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 877 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 109 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31800 | |
| INSEE code | 31565 | |
_fa%C3%A7ade_de_la_mairie.jpg) The town hall |
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Valentine ( Occitan Valentina ) is a French commune with 877 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region ; it is part of the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and the canton of Saint-Gaudens . The inhabitants are called Valentinois .
geography
Valentine is located in the historic province of Comminges at the foot of the Pyrenees and on the banks of the Garonne , about 89 kilometers southwest of Toulouse . Valentine is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Gaudens in the north and east, Aspret-Sarrat in the south and south-east, Labarthe-Rivière in the west and south-west and Villeneuve-de-Rivière in the west.
history
The Bastide Valentine was founded in 1287 for the Seneschal Eustache de Beaumarchais.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 1,055 | 1,155 | 1,038 | 1.002 | 907 | 894 | 821 | 898 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Valentine (Haute-Garonne)
- Remains of a Gallo-Roman settlement with a villa near Nymfius from the 4th century
- church
Personalities
- Michel Samper (* 1943), athlete (400 and 800 meters)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 1381-1383.
