Toulouges

Toulouges
The town hall in Toulouges
Coat of arms
Toulouges
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Toulouges
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
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 (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 Toulouges and in the arrondissement de 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.

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

Demography

Population of Toulouges from 1962 to 2008

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

• INSEE commune file