L'Union

This article is about the French commune. For other uses, see L'Union (disambiguation).

L'Union (French pronunciation: [lynjɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Sent Joan le Nòu) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

L'Union
Commune
The town hall in L'Union
Coat of arms
Location of L'Union
L'Union Show map of France L'Union Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°39′27″N 1°29′07″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Toulouse-9
Intercommunality	Toulouse Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Péré[1]
Area 1	6.77 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	12,410
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31561 /31240
Elevation	132–196 m (433–643 ft) (avg. 146 m or 479 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is a suburb of Toulouse, located just to the northeast of the city.

History

L'Union was founded in the 1790s after the fusion of Belbèze and Cornaudric. After leaving Spain, Napoleon's troops, under the command of Field Marshal and Marshal of the Empire Soult, battled there against troops under the command of the Duke of Wellington. The name Saint-Jean-de-l'Union is still spoken of, recalling the time when the communes of Saint-Jean et L'Union were unified.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,601	—
1975	7,817	+7.87%
1982	10,461	+4.25%
1990	11,751	+1.46%
1999	12,141	+0.36%
2007	12,392	+0.26%
2012	11,702	−1.14%
2017	11,715	+0.02%
Source: INSEE[3]

Education

L'Union has three nursery and primary schools (Belbèze-lès-Toulouse, Borde d'Olivier and Montizalguier), and one high school (collège Georges Chaumeton, named after the former mayor).

Sights

L'Union features an olive tree celebrating the new millennium,^[4] at the Town Hall. The Grand Hall of L'Union regularly welcomes artists. Its church features architecture of the nineteenth century.

Sport

L'Union has a sport club, established in 1957, called the ASU Archived 21 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine, with more than 5000 members and 300 organisers, and 26 different sports such as yoga, football, handball, rugby and tennis. The main park of L'Union is Parc de Malpagat, on the D888 road.

Sights

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  Church.
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  The millennium olive tree.
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  The war memorial.

Transport

The D888 (Route d'Albi) road runs through the town in a south-west direction towards Toulouse and north-east to Albi, roughly 75 kilometres away. The A68 motorway (Toulouse-Albi) and the Périphérique bypass the south of L'Union, served by Junctions 1 and 14 respectively.

In a clockwise order, L'Union is bordered by Toulouse, Launaguet, Saint-Geniès-Bellevue, Saint-Jean, Montrabé and Balma.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department