Toulouges (; ca, Toluges, ) is a

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in the

Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...

department in southern

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Geography

Toulouges is located between

Thuir Thuir (; Catalan: Tuïr, ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France. Geography Thuir is located southwest of Perpignan, in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. It is situated in a plain ...

and

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

, in the

canton of Perpignan-6 The Canton of Perpignan-6 is a French canton of Pyrénées-Orientales department, in Occitanie. Composition At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 1 to 2 communes: * Perpignan (west ...

and in the

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. The town covers an area of , with 669 inhabitants per km². Toulouges borders the following municipalities: Perpignan,

Canohès Canohès (; ca, Cànoes) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation Canohès is located in the canton of Perpignan-5 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population See also ...

, Thuir, El Soler, and

Baho Baho (; ca, Bao) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Baho is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Government and politics Mayors Populatio ...

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 An ecumenical council, also called general council, is a meeting of bishops and other church authorities to consider and rule on questions of Christian doctrine, administration, discipline, and other matters in which those entitled to vote are ...

known as the Council of Elge-Toulouges in 1027. It aimed to promote peace among the feudal lords of

by declaring the

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

References

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