Boissezon
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Commune of Boissezon |
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées | |
| Department | Tarn | |
| Arrondissement | Castres | |
| Canton | Mazamet-Nord-Est | |
| Statistics | ||
| Land area¹ | 19.0 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
390 | |
| - Density | 20.5/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 81034/ 81490 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Boissezon is a municipality in the French department of Tarn. The municipality covers 19 km², and is part of is part of the canton Mazamet-Nord-Est in the Castres. It had 390 inhabitants in 1999, with a population density of 20.5 people per km². Its inhabitants are known in French as boissezonnais or as boissesonols.
The village was originally known as Buxodunum, meaning "land of the buxus."
[edit] Demography
This figure shows the population of Boissezon. 
Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
[edit] Notable citizens
- Pierre Bernard, football player
[edit] External links
- Location of Boissezon (scale 1:100.000) op Mapquest
- More statistical data on Boissezon at www.insee.fr
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