Esperce
Commune in Occitania, France
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Esperce (French pronunciation: [ɛspɛʁs]; Occitan: Espèrça) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Esperce | |
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Town hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Esperce | |
  Esperce  Esperce | |
| Coordinates: 43°17′51″N 1°24′07″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Haute-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Muret |
| Canton | Auterive |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Sandrine Barthe[1] |
Area 1 | 16.42 km2 (6.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 296 |
| • Density | 18.0/km2 (46.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 31173 /31190 |
| Elevation | 216–334 m (709–1,096 ft) (avg. 321 m or 1,053 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
The commune is bordered by eight other communes, seven of them is in Haute-Garonne, and one of them is in Ariège: Lagrâce-Dieu to the north, Puydaniel and Mauressac to the northeast, Grazac to the east, Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze to the northwest, Gaillac-Toulza to the south, and finally by the department of Ariège to the southwest by the commune of Lézat-sur-Lèze to the southwest.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 137 | — |
| 1968 | 220 | +60.6% |
| 1975 | 201 | −8.6% |
| 1982 | 176 | −12.4% |
| 1990 | 186 | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 210 | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 239 | +13.8% |
