- Boissezon
French commune
nomcommune=Boissezon
x = 142
y = 213
lat_long=coord|43|35|0|N|2|24|0|E
insee=81034
cp=81490
région=Midi-Pyrénées
département=Tarn
arrondissement=Castres
canton=Mazamet-Nord-Est| maire=
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intercomm=
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km²=19.0
sans=formatnum:390
date-sans=1999
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date-dens=1999Boissezon is a municipality in the French department of Tarn. The municipality covers 19 km², and is part of is part of the canton Mazamet-Nord-Est in the Castres. It had 390 inhabitants in 1999, with a population density of 20.5 people per km². Its inhabitants are known in French as "boissezonnais" or as "boissesonols".
The village was originally known as "Buxodunum", meaning "land of the
buxus ."Demography
This figure shows the population of Boissezon.
ImageSize = width:250 height:200 PlotArea = left:40 right:10 top:10 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1960 till:2010 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1960 PlotData = bar:900 color:gray1 width:1 from:start till:end bar:600 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:300 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:0 color:gray1 LineData = layer:front points:(48,154)(84,140) color:blue width:2 #1962 tot 1968. Inwonertal 1962: 707 1968: 633 points:(84,140)(100,128) color:blue width:2 #1975: 572 points:(100,128)(128,116) color:blue width:2 #1982: 509 points:(128,116)(160,95) color:blue width:2 #1990: 398 points:(160,95)(196,94) color:blue width:2 #1999: 390 Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
Notable citizens
*Pierre Bernard, football player
External links
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&formtype=latlong&latlongtype=degrees&latdeg=43&latmin=35&latsec=0&longdeg=2&longmin=24&longsec=0&zoom=6 Location of Boissezon (scale 1:100.000) op Mapquest]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=81034&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE More statistical data on Boissezon at www.insee.fr]
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