Toulouges

Toulouges
Toulouges
Commune
	The town hall in Toulouges
	Coat of arms
	Location of Toulouges
	Toulouges Toulouges
	Coordinates: 42°40′18″N 2°49′58″E / 42.6717°N 2.8328°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Perpignan-6
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Barthe
Area 1	8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population (2022)	7,375
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Toulouges (French pronunciation: [tuluʒ] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Toluges, [tuˈluʒəs]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[3]

Geography

Toulouges is located between Thuir and Perpignan, in the canton of Perpignan-6 and in the arrondissement of 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.^[4]

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).

Toulouges hosted an ecumenical council known as the Council of Elge-Toulouges in 1027. It aimed to promote peace among the feudal lords of France by declaring the Truce of God,^[5] attempting to limit the days of the week and times of year that the nobility could engage in violence.

During the 14th and 15th centuries Toulouges grew rapidly. A wall^[6] and hospital were in existence. In 1628, however, part of the population was killed by a plague. Today,^[when?] though, Toulouges is again growing rapidly.^[7]