Dourgne
Appearance
Dourgne | |
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Location of Dourgne | |
Coordinates: 43°29′11″N 2°08′21″E / 43.4864°N 2.1392°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Tarn |
Arrondissement | Castres |
Canton | La Montagne noire |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Cougnaud[1] |
Area 1 | 22.75 km2 (8.78 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,308 |
• Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 81081 /81110 |
Elevation | 186–804 m (610–2,638 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Dourgne (French pronunciation: [duʁɲ]; Occitan: Dornha) is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France.
Demographics
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,299 | — |
1975 | 1,250 | −0.55% |
1982 | 1,233 | −0.20% |
1990 | 1,211 | −0.22% |
1999 | 1,186 | −0.23% |
2007 | 1,286 | +1.02% |
2012 | 1,303 | +0.26% |
2017 | 1,315 | +0.18% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Sites and monuments
[edit]Dourgne is known for its two Benedictine monasteries, the En-Calcat Abbey and the Sainte Scholastique Abbey, both founded in 1890.[4]
You can see the ruins of the Château de Castellas, destroyed by Simon de Montfort.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Some Notes from Our History" (in French). En Calcat Abbey. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dourgne.
- Dourgne (in French)
- Sainte Scholastique Abbey (in French)
- En Calcat Abbey (in French)