L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers

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Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of L'Isle-Jourdain

(2020–2026) Francis Idrac^[1]Area

70.48 km² (27.21 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

9,324 • Density130/km² (340/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

32160 /32600

Elevation136–304 m (446–997 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Isle-Jourdain (French pronunciation: [lil ʒuʁdɛ̃]; Occitan: L'Isla de Baish, [ˈlizlɔ ðe ˈβaʃ]; Catalan: Illa Jordà or L'Illa de Baix) is a commune in the Gers department, Occitania, Southwestern France. The lexicographers Claude (1854–1924) and Paul Augé (1881–1951) were born in L'isle-Jourdain as was the writer Armand Praviel (1875–1944).

Geography

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Lislois in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	4,146	—
1800	3,792	−1.27%
1806	4,159	+1.55%
1821	4,257	+0.16%
1831	4,307	+0.12%
1841	4,933	+1.37%
1846	4,865	−0.28%
1851	4,921	+0.23%
1856	4,773	−0.61%
1861	4,867	+0.39%
1866	4,954	+0.35%
1872	4,864	−0.31%
1876	4,671	−1.01%
1881	4,479	−0.84%
1886	4,572	+0.41%
1891	4,442	−0.58%
1896	4,305	−0.62%
1901	4,122	−0.87%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	3,885	−1.18%
1911	3,774	−0.58%
1921	3,313	−1.29%
1926	3,560	+1.45%
1931	3,535	−0.14%
1936	3,527	−0.05%
1946	3,536	+0.03%
1954	3,447	−0.32%
1962	3,675	+0.80%
1968	4,002	+1.43%
1975	4,195	+0.68%
1982	4,358	+0.55%
1990	5,029	+1.81%
1999	5,560	+1.12%
2007	6,755	+2.46%
2012	7,679	+2.60%
2017	8,851	+2.88%
2018	8,961	+1.24%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Twin towns

L'Isle-Jourdain is twinned with:

Carballo, Spain
Motta di Livenza, Italy

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.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet L'Isle-Jourdain, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE