Aries-Espénan

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Aries-Espénan
Coat of arms of Aries-Espénan
Aries-Espénan (France)
Aries-Espénan
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Les Coteaux
Community association Communes du Pays de Trie et du Magnoac
Coordinates 43 ° 17 '  N , 0 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 17 '  N , 0 ° 32'  E
height 262-405 m
surface 5.55 km 2
Residents 71 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65230
INSEE code 65026

Aries-Espénan is a French commune with 71 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the canton of Les Coteaux (until 2015: canton Castelnau-Magnoac ).

The inhabitants are called Ariénanois and Ariénanoises .

geography

Aries-Espénan is located about 38 kilometers east of Tarbes in the historic province of Quatre-Vallées on the northeastern edge of the department.

Aries-Espénan is surrounded by the six neighboring communities:

Sariac-Magnoac Betbèze
Castelnau-Magnoac Neighboring communities Devèze
Cizos Monléon-Magnoac

Aries-Espénan is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River .

The Gers , a tributary of the Garonne, crosses the territory of the municipality. Tributaries flow into the Gers in Aries-Espénan:

  • the Ruisseau de Jouau.
  • the cier and
  • the Ruisseau d'Arroubin.

history

The municipality of Espénan was incorporated into the municipality with the new name Aries-Espénan in 1858.

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the municipality is Ariès. The origin of the place name Aries is unclear. It could have the Etymon (h) arri ( German  for stone, rock ) from the Basque language , a derivation from the Latin ripa ( German  river bank ) or come from a proper name Aris . All of these theories encounter problems of phonetics and have no evidence in the scriptures. The place name Espénan, on the other hand, has its origin in the Latinized proper name Hispanius and the suffix -anum (= country estate of Spanius).

Toponyms and mentions of Aries and Espénan were:

  • Capellanus d'Aries et de Spenano (1383–1384, Procuration Auch ),
  • Capellanus de Aries et Spenano (1405, tax register also),
  • de Ries (15th century, tax register Auch),
  • de Spanhano (15th century, tax register also),
  • Aries and Espenan (1750, map by Cassini ),
  • Aries and Espenau (1793 and 1801, Notice Communale and Bulletin des lois, respectively ).

Population development

With the incorporation of the former municipality Espénan in the middle of the 19th century, the population had a high of 370. In the following period the size of the municipality sank with short recovery phases up to the turn of the millennium to a level of around 65 inhabitants, which is still held today.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 84 83 80 75 72 63 66 63 71
Until 1851 only residents of Aries, from 1856 of Aries-Espénan
From 1962 official figures without residents with secondary residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Notre-Dame de-l'Assomption in Aries
  • Parish Church of Saint-Laurent in Espénan

Economy and Infrastructure

Noir de Bigorre ham

Aries-Espénan is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 13

traffic

Aries-Espénan can be reached via Routes départementales 9, 32 and 632, the former Route nationale 632 .

Personalities

Roger de Bossost, born in Espénan, died in 1646, was Seigneur von Espénan and a soldier in the service of the French king. His military career took him mainly to Catalonia . He took part in the Battle of Rocroi as the leader of the French infantry . In his memory, a historical festival was celebrated in Aries-Espénan in 2018.

Web links

Commons : Aries-Espénan  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Aries-Espénan ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c Notice Communale Aries-Espénan ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ Aries Espénan ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrenees. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  5. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  6. ↑ Notice Communale Espénan ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune d'Aries-Espénan (65026) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  8. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  9. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune d'Aries-Espénan (65026) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  10. ↑ Aries Espénan - Festival historique ( fr ) Le Petit Journal. August 13, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2019.