Larroque, Haute-Garonne

Larroque
Larroque
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Larroque
Coordinates: 43°11′47″N 0°36′37″E / 43.1964°N 0.6103°ECoordinates: 43°11′47″N 0°36′37″E / 43.1964°N 0.6103°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Saint-Gaudens
Canton	Boulogne-sur-Gesse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Rey
Area^1	19.83 km^2 (7.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	309
• Density	16/km^2 (40/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	31276 / 31580
Elevation	304–488 m (997–1,601 ft) (avg. 345 m or 1,132 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Larroque is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	540	—
1968	542	+0.4%
1975	466	−14.0%
1982	426	−8.6%
1990	415	−2.6%
1999	335	−19.3%
2008	309	−7.8%

Sights

The remains of a 12th-century castle keep, the Château de Larroque is the property of the commune. Seneschals of the counts of Foix, the chateau Larroque was retained until the fifteenth century, when it passed by marriage to the house of Foix-Rabat. The Larroque lords were co-Montmaurin country house founded with Foix (customs AWARDED 1317). They had their burial mound in the church of St. Sernin which it is believed at the base and foothills in the boundary wall of the old cemetery. Jeanne de la roque Corbeyran wife of Foix was buried about 1497. Auger de la roque was attorney of Foix in 1250, when the Viscount Nébouzan was not yet. This castle is certainly the oldest defense of Nébouzan primitive country which later became states and remained so until 1789. It has been listed since 1930 as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture.^[1]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

• INSEE

1. www.culture.gouv.fr, accessed 16 March 2008