Dourgne

Dourgne is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France.

Dourgne
Commune
The town hall in Dourgne
Coat of arms
Location of Dourgne
Dourgne Dourgne
Coordinates: 43°29′11″N 2°08′21″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	La Montagne noire
Intercommunality	Pays de Dourgne
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Rey
Area ^1	22.75 km^2 (8.78 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,315
• Density	58/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81081 /81110
Elevation	186–804 m (610–2,638 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,299	—
1975	1,250	−0.55%
1982	1,233	−0.20%
1990	1,211	−0.22%
1999	1,186	−0.23%
2007	1,286	+1.02%
2012	1,303	+0.26%
2017	1,315	+0.18%
Source: INSEE[2]

Sites and monuments

Dourgne is known for its two Benedictine monasteries, the En Calcat Abbey and the Sainte Scholastique Abbey, both founded in 1890.[3]

You can see the ruins of the Château de Castellas, destroyed by Simon de Montfort.

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department
• List of Benedictine monasteries in France

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
3. "Some Notes from Our History" (in French). En Calcat Abbey. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

External links

• Dourgne (in French)
• Sainte Scholastique Abbey (in French)
• En Calcat Abbey (in French)