Artagnan

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Artagnan
Artagnan's coat of arms
Artagnan (France)
Artagnan
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Vic-en-Bigorre
Community association Adour Madiran
Coordinates 43 ° 24 '  N , 0 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 24 '  N , 0 ° 5'  E
height 199-214 m
surface 4.94 km 2
Residents 512 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 104 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65500
INSEE code 65035

Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Artagnan

Artagnan is a French commune with 512 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the canton of Vic-en-Bigorre .

The inhabitants are called Artagnanais and Artagnanaises .

geography

Artagnan is located about 19 kilometers north of Tarbes in the historic province of Bigorre on the north-western edge of the department.

Artagnan is surrounded by the four neighboring communities:

Gensac
Neighboring communities Liac
Vic-en-Bigorre Sarriac-Bigorre

Artagnan is located in the catchment area of the Adour River , the center of the municipality is on its left bank. The Ruisseau de Dibès, a tributary of the Adour, flows along a small section of the border with the neighboring municipality of Sarriac-Bigorre.

Wash house in Artagnan

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Artanhan. It comes from the Latin proper name Artanius together with the suffix -anum , the name for the estate of Artanius in Gallo-Roman times .

Nicknames of the community are Los pèpis ( German  the idiots ) and Los pè-descaus ( German  the barefoot ).

Toponyms and mentions of Artagnan were:

  • Artagna (12th century and around 1200–1230, copial book of the county of Bigorre),
  • Bernardus d'Artanha (1283, Bigorre process),
  • De Artanhano (1300 and 1313, questioning in Bigorre or tax list Debita regi Navarre ),
  • De Artanhano (1342, parish register of Tarbes ),
  • Artanhan (1429, Bigorre County Census),
  • Artagnan (1750, map by Cassini ),
  • Artaignan (1793, Notice Communale ),
  • Artagnan (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 810 by the first half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 415 during short recovery phases until after the Second World War , before a relatively short growth phase into the The 1960s began and again at the turn of the millennium, which continues to this day.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 498 480 440 431 436 433 472 500 512
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint-Nazaire

  • Parish Church of Saint-Nazaire

  • Choir

  • pulpit

Economy and Infrastructure

Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

Artagnan 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 = 46

education

The municipality has a public primary school with 34 students in the 2019/2020 school year.

traffic

Artagnan is crossed by Routes départementales 4 and 6.

Pierre de Montesquiou d'Artagnan

Personalities

Pierre de Montesquiou d'Artagnan , born in 1640, died on August 12, 1725 in Plessis-Picquet , was the fourth son of the Seigneurs of Artagnan and cousin of Charles d'Artagnan de Batz-Castelmore , the model of the literary figure of d'Artagnan by Alexandre Dumas . He made a career as a French military man and Marshal of France.

Web links

Commons : Artagnan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Artagnan ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Artagnan ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  4. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b Notice Communale Artagnan ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  6. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune d'Artagnan (65035) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  7. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune d'Artagnan (65035) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  9. ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  10. ↑ Pierre de Montesquiou d'Artagnan (1645-1725) ( fr ) Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved September 24, 2019.