Vieille-Toulouse
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Toulouse | |
| Canton | Castanet-Tolosan | |
| Community association | Sicoval | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 31 ' N , 1 ° 27' E | |
| height | 141-266 m | |
| surface | 5.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,169 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 211 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31320 | |
| INSEE code | 31575 | |
| Website | http://www.vieille-toulouse.fr/ | |
Vieille-Toulouse is a municipality with 1169 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in southern France , in the Occitanie region and in the Haute-Garonne department , eight kilometers south of Toulouse .
geography
The municipality borders the urban area of Toulouse and is about eight kilometers south of the city center. In the west the area is bounded by the Garonne . The village center and most of the area are about 100 m above the Garonnetal on a ridge interspersed with several transverse valleys.
history
The place has been since the 8th, maybe since the 13th century BC. Settled, probably by Iberians . End of the 3rd century BC BC Volcae - Tectosages immigrated to the area between the Mediterranean , Garonne and Pyrenees and elevated this place to their capital, Tolosa Tectosagum . A town of 90 to 100 hectares in size and probably 5000 inhabitants developed, with numerous handicrafts, two temples and important long-distance trade, especially for the import of wine from Italy. The city came from the end of the 2nd century BC. Under Roman rule and became an emporium , a place where goods and coins from almost all of Europe were traded. Around the year 8 BC The city was abandoned in favor of the newly founded Roman settlement on the site of today's Toulouse city center.
There was probably a manor on the site of the submerged settlement in the early Middle Ages. To the east of it, today's village developed, first mentioned in 1276 as Veterem Tolosam . Until the middle of the 20th century, Vieille-Toulouse was dominated exclusively by agriculture.
During the Second World War from 1943 to 1944 there was a German flak position on a hill in the community.
In 1950 the Toulouse golf course was laid out on the site of the ancient settlement.
coat of arms
Shield with six alternating silver and green horizontal stripes.
Population development
| 1778 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2008 |
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| 242 | 171 | 186 | 255 | 565 | 727 | 867 | 894 | 1,070 | 1,151 |
| From 1962 only residents with primary residence | |||||||||
Worth seeing
- Romanesque village church ( John the Baptist ), 13th century
- Numerous finds from antiquity in the Musée Saint-Raymond, Toulouse
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 569-572.
