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Commune in Occitania, France
L'Isle-Jourdain
Commune
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Location of L'Isle-Jourdain
L'Isle-Jourdain is located in FranceL'Isle-JourdainL'Isle-JourdainShow map of FranceL'Isle-Jourdain is located in OccitanieL'Isle-JourdainL'Isle-JourdainShow map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°36′52″N 1°04′54″E / 43.6144°N 1.0817°E / 43.6144; 1.0817
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentGers
ArrondissementAuch
CantonL'Isle-Jourdain
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Francis Idrac
Area70.48 km (27.21 sq mi)
Population9,499
 • Density130/km (350/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code32160 /32600
Elevation136–304 m (446–997 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Isle-Jourdain (French pronunciation: [lil ʒuʁdɛ̃]; Occitan: L'Isla de Baish, [ˈlizlɔ ðe ˈβaʃ]; Catalan: Illa Jordà or L'Illa de Baix) is a commune in the Gers department, Occitania, Southwestern France. The lexicographers Claude (1854–1924) and Paul Augé (1881–1951) were born in L'isle-Jourdain as was the writer Armand Praviel (1875–1944).

Geography

L'Isle-Jourdain and its surrounding communes

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Lislois in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 4,146—    
1800 3,792−1.27%
1806 4,159+1.55%
1821 4,257+0.16%
1831 4,307+0.12%
1841 4,933+1.37%
1846 4,865−0.28%
1851 4,921+0.23%
1856 4,773−0.61%
1861 4,867+0.39%
1866 4,954+0.35%
1872 4,864−0.31%
1876 4,671−1.01%
1881 4,479−0.84%
1886 4,572+0.41%
1891 4,442−0.58%
1896 4,305−0.62%
1901 4,122−0.87%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 3,885−1.18%
1911 3,774−0.58%
1921 3,313−1.29%
1926 3,560+1.45%
1931 3,535−0.14%
1936 3,527−0.05%
1946 3,536+0.03%
1954 3,447−0.32%
1962 3,675+0.80%
1968 4,002+1.43%
1975 4,195+0.68%
1982 4,358+0.55%
1990 5,029+1.81%
1999 5,560+1.12%
2007 6,755+2.46%
2012 7,679+2.60%
2017 8,851+2.88%
20188,961+1.24%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Twin towns

L'Isle-Jourdain is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet L'Isle-Jourdain, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Communes of the Gers department


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