Labège Explained

Labège
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Labège (Haute-Garonne).svg
Arrondissement:Toulouse
Canton:Castanet-Tolosan
Insee:31254
Postal Code:31670
Mayor:Laurent Chérubin[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Sicoval
Coordinates:43.53°N 1.5308°W
Elevation M:156
Elevation Min M:141
Elevation Max M:202
Area Km2:7.65

Labège (in French pronounced as /labɛʒ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Labeja) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France.

Geography

Labège is a commune in the metropolitan area of Toulouse. Its urban core is located in the southeast suburbs of Toulouse along the Autoroute des Deux Mers (A61) towards Narbonne. The bordering communes are Saint-Orens-de-Gameville, Auzielle, Escalquens, Castanet-Tolosan, Auzeville-Tolosane, and Ramonville-Saint-Agne. Labège-Innopole station and Labège-Village station have rail connections to Toulouse, Carcassonne and Narbonne.

History

The name "Labège" may be derived from La Berge ("The Bank") because of the town's location on the banks of the Hers-Mort.

Some Roman remains can be seen in Labège; but in Roman times no actual village existed here, only a few scattered homes along the thoroughfare between Baziège and Toulouse. Even in the Middle Ages, the settlement was sparse. Fourteenth century documents mention a Labège manor, which was owned by the College of Saint Front de Périgord for the next four centuries, but only toward the end of the Renaissance did the village proper begin to take shape around the parish church.

Politics

List of mayors! Term !! Name !! Party
28 February 1790 – 26 June 1790 curé Druilhe[2]
2001–2008 Claude Ducert PS
2008–2014 Christian Lavigne PS
2014–2016 Claude Ducert[3]
2016–incumbent Laurent Chérubin EELV

At the national level, the commune is part of the 3rd constituency of Haute-Garonne.

Economy

Labège is made up of two sharply contrasted districts. To the southeast is Labège Village, the residential area, with most of the homes, local shops, a gymnasium, day-care, and the largest pétanque club in the vicinity. To the northwest towards Toulouse is the economic center of the commune, Labège Innopole, incorporating the headquarters of IoT Valley, the Labège 2 shopping centre, the Gaumont Multiplex movie theatre, and many restaurants, businesses, laboratories and Institutions. A green belt separates the two districts.

Sights

See also

Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Françoise Salomé and Michel Lépine, Labège au siècle des lumières, Broché, 1998.
  3. News: Laurent Chérubin, élu maire de Labège, succède à Claude Ducert. 9 March 2016. La Tribune.