L'Isle-en-Dodon

L'Isle-en-Dodon

*L'Isla de Haut* (Occitan)
L'Isle-en-Dodon L'Isla de Haut (Occitan)
Commune
	The church in L'Isle-en-Dodon
	Coat of arms
	Location of L'Isle-en-Dodon
	L'Isle-en-Dodon L'Isle-en-Dodon
	Coordinates: 43°22′56″N 0°50′10″E / 43.3822°N 0.8361°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Saint-Gaudens
Canton	Cazères
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Lionel Welter
Area 1	22.58 km2 (8.72 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,628
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31239 /31230
Elevation	187–326 m (614–1,070 ft) ; (avg. 200 m or 660 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-en-Dodon (French pronunciation: [l il ɑ̃ dɔdɔ̃]; Occitan: L'Isla de Haut) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. The commune has the short border with the neighbouring department, Gers.

The rugby team is the focal point of the community. Based in the municipal stadium it regularly attracts 1000 spectators and regularly qualifies for the last 32 and beyond in the Federale 3 playoffs

Geography

L'Isle-en-Dodon is located on the Save river, at the northern end of the plate of Lannemezan. The slopes which surround the city point out the nearby gersois country.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,779	—
1968	2,046	+15.0%
1975	2,022	−1.2%
1982	2,039	+0.8%
1990	2,037	−0.1%
1999	1,905	−6.5%
2005	2,000	+5.0%
2008	2,084	+4.2%
2010	1,984	−4.8%
2015	1,677	−15.5%
2018	1,633	−2.6%

The inhabitants of the commune are called lislois

Transportation

L'Isle-en-Dodon is 60 kilometres from Toulouse by road, a journey which takes approximately one hour. A regular bus service runs three times a day to Toulouse. At Saint-Gaudens, 45 km (28 mi) to the south in the valley of the Garonne, the A64 autoroute and the SNCF train line pass.