Boissezon
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Boissezon
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Boissezon (Tarn).svg
- French commune.INSEE
- 81034
- French commune.postal code
- 81490
- French commune.arrondissement
- Castres
- French commune.canton
- Mazamet-1
- French commune.mayor
- Jacqueline Cabrol
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Castres Mazamet
- French commune.area km2
- 19.0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Boissezon
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Castres
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 398
- Area
- 19.36
- Elevation
- 484
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme
- Official website
- www.boissezon.fr
- Image
- Boissezon vallée.jpg
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- Commons category
- Boissezon
- postal code
- 81490
- associated electoral district
- canton of Mazamet-1
- male population
- 198
- female population
- 199
- P8168
- 42 Isis
- located in protected area
- Haut-Languedoc Regional Natural Park
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-63-50-52-59
- fax number
- +33-5-63-50-74-15
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Boissezon (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Its inhabitants are known in French as Boissezonnais or as Boissesonols.
The village was originally known as Buxodunum, meaning "land of the buxus." It is home to Le Militarial, a museum-memorial for peace established in 1996 an old fort dating from the 11th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boissezon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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