Toulouges

Toulouges
Commune
The town hall in Toulouges

Coat of arms
Toulouges
Location within Occitanie region
Toulouges
Coordinates: 42°40′18″N 2°49′58″E / 42.6717°N 2.8328°E / 42.6717; 2.8328Coordinates: 42°40′18″N 2°49′58″E / 42.6717°N 2.8328°E / 42.6717; 2.8328
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Perpignan-6
Intercommunality Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Louis Caseilles
Area1 8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 5,825
 • Density 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 66213 /66350
Elevation 50–82 m (164–269 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Toulouges (French: [tuluʒ]; Catalan: Toluges [tuˈluʒəs]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Toulouges is located between Thuir and Perpignan, in the canton of Perpignan-6 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

The town covers an area of 8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi), with 669 inhabitants per km². Toulouges borders the following municipalities: Perpignan, Canohès, Thuir, El Soler, and Baho.[1]

Map of Toulouges and its surrounding communes

History

Toulouges probably grew upon a Roman villa. It was first mentioned in 904 at the same time mentioning the church called Tulogias. Other names that are presumably Toulouges are Tologis (in a 937 document), Tulujes (1027), Tuluges (1030), Toluges (1119).

During the 14th and 15th centuries Toulouges grew rapidly. A wall[2] and hospital were in existence. In 1628, however, part of the population was killed by a plague. Today, though, Toulouges is again growing rapidly.[3]

Demography

Population of Toulouges from 1962 to 2008

See also

References

  1. ↑ Toulouges notes
  2. ↑ For the famous Truce of God was signed here in 1027.
  3. ↑ Toulouges History (in French)


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