Orgueil (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɡœj] ; Occitan: Orgulh) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Orgueil | |
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 The town hall of Orgueil | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Orgueil  | |
  Orgueil  Orgueil | |
| Coordinates: 43°54′19″N 1°24′43″E / 43.9053°N 1.4119°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Tarn-et-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Montauban |
| Canton | Tarn-Tescou-Quercy vert |
| Intercommunality | Grand Sud Tarn et Garonne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Willy Authesserre[1] |
Area 1 | 14.03 km2 (5.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,721 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 82136 /82370 |
| Elevation | 75–116 m (246–381 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
editOrgueil has existed for more than 1000 years. It was first mentioned in the 9th century, when Orgueil was part of Saint-Sernin Abbaye in Toulouse.
On 14 May 1864 a rare carbonaceous chondrite meteorite landed there, now known as the Orgueil meteorite. For research purposes, it was split up into several pieces which can now be seen in museums in Europe and the United States. The Museum d'Histoire Naturelle of Montauban in Tarn-et-Garonne, France has a large piece of the meteorite that weighs eleven kilograms.
Economy
editOrgueil is also a wine-producing region: the red grape le frontonnais is cultivated there.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
External links
edit- Official Web site (in French)
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