L'Isle-en-Dodon (; ) is a
commune in the
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...
department in southwestern
France
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. The commune has the short border with the neighbouring department,
Gers
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.
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
The inhabitants of the commune are called lislois
Transportation
L'Isle-en-Dodon is 60 kilometres from
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
by road, a journey which takes approximately one hour. A regular bus service runs three times a day to Toulouse. At
Saint-Gaudens, to the south in the valley of the
Garonne
The Garonne ( , ; Catalan language, Catalan, Basque language, Basque and , ;
or ) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux †...
, the
A64 autoroute and the
SNCF
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train line pass.
See also
Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
The following is a list of the 586 communes in the French department of Haute-Garonne.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Haute-Garonne
Comminges
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