Dourgne

Dourgne (French pronunciation: [duʁɲ]; Occitan: Dornha) is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France.

Dourgne
Commune
The town hall in Dourgne
Coat of arms
Location of Dourgne
Dourgne Show map of France Dourgne Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°29′11″N 2°08′21″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	La Montagne noire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Cougnaud[1]
Area 1	22.75 km2 (8.78 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,308
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,299	—
1975	1,250	−0.55%
1982	1,233	−0.20%
1990	1,211	−0.22%
1999	1,186	−0.23%
2007	1,286	+1.02%
2012	1,303	+0.26%
2017	1,315	+0.18%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sites and monuments

Dourgne is known for its two Benedictine monasteries, the En-Calcat Abbey and the Sainte Scholastique Abbey, both founded in 1890.^[4]

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

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department
• List of Benedictine monasteries in France

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. "Some Notes from Our History" (in French). En Calcat Abbey. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

External links

• Dourgne (in French)
• Sainte Scholastique Abbey (in French)
• En Calcat Abbey (in French)