Balma

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Balma
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Balma
Coordinates: 43°36′40″N1°29′58″E / 43.6111°N 1.4994°E / 43.6111; 1.4994
Country France
Region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Toulouse
Canton Toulouse-10
Intercommunality Toulouse Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Vincent Terrail-Novès [1]
Area
1
16.59 km2 (6.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
17,385
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
31044 /31130
Elevation135–218 m (443–715 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Balma (French pronunciation: [balma] ; Occitan : Balmar) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is east of Toulouse.

Contents

The name of the town comes from the old Provençal word meaning "cave" or "grotto".

History

Balma was established in 1279 as a fief of the bishopric of Toulouse.[ citation needed ]

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balmanais.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 546—    
1800 544−0.05%
1806 603+1.73%
1821 635+0.35%
1831 790+2.21%
1836 802+0.30%
1841 785−0.43%
1846 863+1.91%
1851 883+0.46%
1856 840−0.99%
1861 835−0.12%
1866 795−0.98%
1872 797+0.04%
1876 877+2.42%
1881 893+0.36%
1886 944+1.12%
1891 916−0.60%
1896 965+1.05%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 913−1.10%
1906 909−0.09%
1911 886−0.51%
1921 821−0.76%
1926 868+1.12%
1931 937+1.54%
1936 966+0.61%
1946 1,276+2.82%
1954 1,724+3.83%
1962 2,890+6.67%
1968 4,276+6.75%
1975 7,127+7.57%
1982 8,117+1.88%
1990 9,506+1.99%
1999 11,944+2.57%
2007 12,946+1.01%
2012 14,245+1.93%
2017 16,568+3.07%
Source: EHESS [3] and INSEE (1968-2017) [4]

Sport

Balma is the home of Championnat de France Amateurs club, Balma SC.

Monument

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Balma, EHESS (in French).
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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