L'Isle-Jourdain
Commune
The collegiate church tower in L'Isle-Jourdain
The collegiate church tower in L'Isle-Jourdain
Coat of arms of L'Isle-Jourdain
Coat of arms
Location of L'Isle-Jourdain
L'Isle-Jourdain is located in France
L'Isle-Jourdain
L'Isle-Jourdain
L'Isle-Jourdain is located in Occitanie
L'Isle-Jourdain
L'Isle-Jourdain
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[1]
Area
1
70.48 km2 (27.21 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
9,324
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
32160 /32600
Elevation136–304 m (446–997 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

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 légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  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
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