Vigoulet-Auzil

Vigoulet-Auzil is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Garonne and the area the Midday-Pyrenees. Vigoulet belongs to the community of agglomeration of the Sicoval.

Its inhabitants is called Vigouletains.

Geography

Commune located on the slopes, between Channel of the South, the Garonne and Ariège, to 13 km in the south-east of Toulouse.

History

The commune of Vigoulet-Auzil was born from the fusion of the communes of Vigoulet and Auzil on February 24th, 1842.

Administration

Demography

Economy

The commune accommodates a research laboratory in cosmetic of the company Pierre Fabre, a restaurant aveyronnais, a doctor, a dentist, an esthetic center, an estate agency and an antique dealer. But the main activity of common remains centered around the horse: a jumentery, a horse club and a pony-club. Each year, a horse show gathers many participants come from all the France.

Places and monuments

the church Saint Martin's day : Dated roughly from the 13th century, this church comprises a brick wall-belfry characteristic of the churches of Lauragais.
Several castles and remarkable houses of Master: the castle of Auzil , the castle of Arquier , the castle of Terredes , the castle of Teynier .

Personalities related to the commune

Joseph Ducuing , Toulouse surgeon, is deceased in Vigoulet-Auzil in 1963.

See too

Common of the Haute-Garonne

External bonds

the official site of the town hall of Vigoulet-Auzil
Vigoulet-Auzil on the site of the National Geographical Institute
Vigoulet-Auzil on the site of INSEE
Vigoulet-Auzil on the site of Quid
Localization of Vigoulet-Auzil on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Vigoulet-Auzil on Mapquest

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