Dourgne

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Dourgne

(2020–2026) Dominique Cougnaud^[1]Area

22.75 km² (8.78 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,308 • Density57/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

81081 /81110

Elevation186–804 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.

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

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.

References

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