Saint-Loup

Saint-Loup est une commune française située dans l'ouest du département de Tarn-et-Garonne, en région Occitanie. Sur le plan historique et culturel, la commune est dans la Lomagne, une ancienne circonscription de la province de Gascogne ayant titre de vicomté, surnommée « Toscane française ». Exposée à un climat océanique altéré, elle est drainée par la Garonne, l'Arrats et par divers autres petits cours d'eau.

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Saint-Loup, Tarn-et-Garonne

Saint-Loup French commune located in the west of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne, in region Occitanie. Historically and culturally, the commune is in Lomagne, a former district of the Ancient provinces of France called Gascogne having the title of a viscounty, nicknamed “ French Tuscany. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Garonne, the Arrats and various other small rivers. The commune has a remarkable natural heritage: a Natura 2000 site, a protected area and four Natural zone of ecological, fauna and flora interest|natural zones of ecological, fauna and flora interest.

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Arrats

The Arrats is a 162 km long river in southern France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees, near Sariac-Magnoac. It flows north through the following départements and towns: Hautes-Pyrénées Gers: Castelnau-Barbarens, Aubiet, Mauvezin, Saint-Clar Tarn-et-Garonne: Saint-Loup It flows into the Garonne near Valence, between Castelsarrasin and Agen.

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Golfech Nuclear Power Plant

The Golfech Nuclear Power Plant is located in the commune of Golfech, on the border of Garonne between Agen and Toulouse on the river Garonne, from where it gets cooling water, it is approximately 40 km west of Montauban. The station has two operating nuclear reactors that are both pressurized water reactors of the French P'4 design. The plant also has two 178.5-metre-tall cooling towers that get water from the Garonne River, only using water to compensate for evaporation; the cooling loop is closed and water is never released back into the river. In 2002 the plant produced nearly half of the electricity used in the area. It employs nearly 700 full-time workers.

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Canton of Auvillar

The canton of Auvillar is a French former administrative division in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne and region Midi-Pyrénées. It had 4,896 inhabitants. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 10 communes, which joined the canton of Garonne-Lomagne-Brulhois in 2015. The canton comprised the following communes:

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Golfech

Golfech is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It neighbours the larger town of Valence d'Agen and stands on the D813 road between Bordeaux and Toulouse and beside the canal de Garonne and railway that also link the cities. The D813 is classified as a departmental road in the French system. Formerly, this road was designated as the N113, where the N indicated that it was a national road. The Voie Verte cycle path serves the commune from Moissac to the east and the western border of Lot-et-Garonne towards Bordeaux. It will eventually run all the way from Bordeaux to Sète. The residents of Golfech are known as Golféchois. The Golfech Nuclear Power Plant is located in the western part of the commune. The river Barguelonne forms most of the commune's northern and north-western borders, then flows into the Garonne, which forms all of its south-western border.

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La commune possède un patrimoine naturel remarquable : un site Natura 2000 (« Garonne, Ariège, Hers, Salat, Pique et Neste »), un espace protégé (le « cours de la Garonne, de l'Aveyron, du Viaur et du Tarn ») et quatre zones naturelles d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique. Saint-Loup est une commune rurale qui compte 531 habitants en 2023. Elle fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Valence. Ses habitants sont appelés les Saint-Loupains ou Saint-Loupaines.