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Toulouges (; ca, Toluges, ) is a
Toulouges History (in French)
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commune
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in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France
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.
Geography
Toulouges is located betweenThuir
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, in the canton of Perpignan-6 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan
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.
The town covers an area of , with 669 inhabitants per km2. Toulouges borders the following municipalities: Perpignan, Canohès, Thuir, El Soler, and Baho.
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 anecumenical 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 ar ...
known as the Council of Elge-Toulouges in 1027. It aimed to promote peace among the feudal lords of France
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by declaring the Truce of God, 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./ref>
Demography
See also
*Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes.
Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a ...
References
Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub