Dourgne

Dourgne
Dourgne
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	Coat of arms of Dourgne; Coat of arms
	Coat of arms of Dourgne; Coat of arms
	Dourgne
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Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Dourgne
Intercommunality	Pays de Dourgne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Hélène Azam
Area1	22.75 km2 (8.78 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,321
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
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 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Dourgne is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Demographics

Population by Date^[1]
1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
1299	1250	1233	1211	1186	1268

Dourgne is known for its two Benedictine monasteries, the En Calcat Abbey and the Sainte Scholastique Abbey, both founded in 1890.^[2]

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

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