Moissac | |
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Coordinates: 44°06′20″N1°05′10″E / 44.1056°N 1.0861°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Tarn-et-Garonne |
Arrondissement | Castelsarrasin |
Canton | Moissac |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Romain Lopez [1] (RN) |
Area 1 | 85.95 km2 (33.19 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [2] | 13,748 |
• Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 82112 /82200 |
Elevation | 59–199 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.
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 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.
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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] |
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