Toulouges

Toulouges
The town hall in Toulouges
Coat of arms
Toulouges
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region  Toulouges
Coordinates: 42°40′18″N 2°49′58″E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Toulouges
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)
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 (Catalan: Toluges) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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

Geography

Toulouges covers an area of 8.04 km² (3.10 sq mi), with 669 inhabitants per km². It is on a plain called Roussillon, between Thuir and Perpignan. Toulouges borders the following municipalities: Perpignan, Canohès, Thuir, El Soler, and Baho.

Demographics

Population in:

• 1962= 1524
• 1968= 2117
• 1975= 2868
• 1982= 3637
• 1990= 4955
• 1999= 5396
• 2006= 5825

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

• INSEE commune file