Moissac

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Moissac
Coordinates: 44°06′20″N1°05′10″E / 44.1056°N 1.0861°E / 44.1056; 1.0861
Country France
Region Occitania
Department Tarn-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Castelsarrasin
Canton Moissac
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Romain Lopez [1] (RN)
Area
1
85.95 km2 (33.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
13,748
  Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
82112 /82200
Elevation59–199 m (194–653 ft)
(avg. 76 m or 249 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moissac (French pronunciation: [mwasak] ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Garonne and Tarn at the Canal de Garonne. Route nationale N113 was constructed through the town and between Valence-d'Agen and Castelsarrasin. It is served by Moissac station on the Bordeaux-Toulouse line.

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History

Initially Moissac was part of the department of Lot. In 1808, Napoleon decreed the city be attached to the new department of Tarn-et-Garonne. [3] It was the chief town of the district from 1800 to 1926.

Moissac was heavily damaged in March 1930 by flooding of the Tarn, which devastated much of southwestern France. It was counted as a 100-year flood. One hundred twenty people were reported to have died in the city. [4]

In 2020, National Rally politician Romain Lopez was elected mayor. [5] [6]

Moissac Abbey

Moissac is known internationally for the artistic heritage preserved in the medieval Moissac Abbey.[ citation needed ] This church is a site on the World Heritage Site Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France.[ citation needed ]

Saint-Pierre Church, former abbey church with the portal (1130), one of the masterpieces of Romanesque sculpture. All that remains of the 11th-century building is the massive bell tower-porch, a sort of keep with a walkway, built for defensive purposes but whose top floor only dates from the end of the Gothic period.

Sights

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 11,856    
1975 11,826−0.04%
1982 11,184−0.79%
1990 11,971+0.85%
1999 12,321+0.32%
2007 12,377+0.06%
2012 12,470+0.15%
2017 13,039+0.90%
Source: INSEE [9]

Waterways

Hotel le Moulin de Moissac, in operation since 1474. Le moulin de moissac - Arnaud Saint Germes.jpg
Hotel le Moulin de Moissac, in operation since 1474.

There are important waterways in Moissac: the Tarn flows through the centre of town, as does the Canal de Garonne (formerly Canal latéral à la Garonne), the extension of the Canal du Midi from Toulouse to Bordeaux. Together, these two canals are sometimes known as the Canal des deux mers (lit. canal of the two seas) connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea.

Twin towns

See also

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