Lisle-sur-Tarn
Lisle-sur-Tarn (French pronunciation: [lil syʁ taʁn]; Occitan: L'Illa d'Albigés) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
Lisle-sur-Tarn | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) The main square in Lisle-sur-Tarn | |
.svg.png.webp) Coat of arms | |
Location of Lisle-sur-Tarn | |
  Lisle-sur-Tarn  Lisle-sur-Tarn | |
| Coordinates: 43°51′16″N 1°48′42″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Tarn |
| Arrondissement | Albi |
| Canton | Vignobles et Bastides |
| Intercommunality | CA Gaillac-Graulhet |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Maryline Lherm[1] |
| Area 1 | 86.56 km2 (33.42 sq mi) |
| Population | 4,693 |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 81145 /81310 |
| Elevation | 95–285 m (312–935 ft) (avg. 127 m or 417 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
The city is located halfway between Toulouse and Albi on the A68 motorway, in the Gaillac vineyard, on the banks of the Tarn. Historically speaking, it is also located on one of the ancient Ways of St. James.
History
Created as a bastide by Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse in the 13th century, after the destruction of the castle of Montagut, ordered by the crusaders during the Albigensian Crusade. Thanks to local productions such as pastel and Gaillac wine, the city became an important market with a fluvial port on the Tarn. This extensive heritage, in a region that is still producing wine nowadays, plays an important role in the local tourism-oriented economy.
Demography
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,376 | — |
| 1975 | 3,385 | +0.04% |
| 1982 | 3,413 | +0.12% |
| 1990 | 3,588 | +0.63% |
| 1999 | 3,683 | +0.29% |
| 2007 | 4,171 | +1.57% |
| 2012 | 4,379 | +0.98% |
| 2017 | 4,694 | +1.40% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Transport
Lisle-sur-Tarn station has rail connections to Toulouse, Aurillac, Albi and Rodez.
Notable facts
The village was designed with perpendicular, regularized streets with red-brick half-timbered houses, that are made up of an ensemble of four districts, each one delimited by a fortified gate. The market square is the largest of all the south-western bastides, with about 5,000 m2. It was renovated in 2000. The town has a museum on the main square to the artist Raymond Lafage.
Trivia
The town figures in Tracy Chevalier's novel The Virgin Blue.
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
