L'Isle-en-Dodon

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L'Isle-en-Dodon
L'Isle-en-Dodon
Coordinates: 43°22′56″N 0°50′10″E / 43.3822°N 0.8361°E / 43.3822; 0.8361Coordinates: 43°22′56″N 0°50′10″E / 43.3822°N 0.8361°E / 43.3822; 0.8361
Country France
Region Midi-Pyrénées
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Saint-Gaudens
Canton Isle-en-Dodon
Intercommunality Portes du Comminges
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Louis Brousse
Area
 • Land1 22.58 km2 (8.72 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 2,084
 • Population2 Density 92/km2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 31239 / 31230
Elevation 187–326 m (614–1,070 ft)
(avg. 200 m or 660 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.

L'Isle-en-Dodon is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France

Geography

L'Isle-en-Dodon is located on the Save river, at the northern end of the plate of Lannemezan. The slopes which surround the city point out the nearby gersois country.

Population

Historical population of L'Isle-en-Dodon
Year1962196819751982199019992008
Population1779204620222039203719052084

Transportation

L'Isle-en-Dodon is sixty kilometres from Toulouse by road, a journey which takes approximately an hour. A regular bus service connects it three times per day to the regional capital. Closer Saint-Gaudens, 45 km (28 mi) to the south in the valley of the Garonne where the A64 autoroute and the SNCF train line pass.

See also

Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

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