Toulouges

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Coordinates: 42°40′18″N 2°49′58″E / 42.6716666667, 2.83277777778

Commune of Toulouges
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Toulouges (chief town)
Statistics
Elevation	50 m–82 m
Land area¹	8.04 km²
Population² (1999)	5,396
- Density	669/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	66213/ 66350
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Toulouges is a village of about 6000 inhabitants in the Pyrénées-Orientales département of France.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 Notes and references

[edit] History

Toulouges was 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^[1] and hospital were in existence. In 1628, however, part of the population was killed by a plague. Today, though, Toulouges is again growing rapidly. ^[2]

[edit] Geography

Toulouges covers an area of 8.04 km², with 669 inhabitants per km². It is on a plain called Roussillon, between Thuir and Perpignan. Toulouges borders the following municipalities: Perpignan, Canohès, Thuir, Soler, and Baho. ^[3]

[edit] Demographics

Population in:

• 1962= 1 524
• 1968= 2 117
• 1975= 2 868
• 1982= 3 637
• 1990= 4 955
• 1999= 5 396
• 2005= 6 027

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ Ironically, for the famous Truce of God was signed here in 1027.
2. ^ Toulouges History (in French)
3. ^ Toulouges notes