Bézéril

Bézéril
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Also
Canton	Val de Save
Community association	Communes du Savès
Coordinates	43 ° 33 ' N , 0 ° 53' E Coordinates: 43 ° 33 ' N , 0 ° 53' E
height	172-272 m
surface	9.65 km 2
Residents	128 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32130
INSEE code	32051
Website	Bézéril
	; Parish Church of Saint-Jacques

Bézéril is a French commune with 128 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Auch and the canton Val de Save (until 2015: canton Samatan ).

The inhabitants are called Bézériliens and Bézériliennes .

geography

Bézéril is located about 27 kilometers southeast of Auch in the Région naturelle Comminges .

Bézéril is surrounded by the six neighboring municipalities:

Saint-André	Lahas
Polastron		Noilhan
	Saint-Soulan	Samatan

Bézéril is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River .

The Marcaoue is a tributary of the Gimone and flows along the north-western border with the neighboring municipality of Saint-André.

The Esquinson, a hub river of the Sava , crosses the area of the municipality together with its tributaries,

the Ruisseau d'en Briolé,
the Ruisseau de la Hount and
the Ruisseau des Tachouères with its tributary,
- the Ruisseau d'en Malhomme, which rises in Bézéril.

history

In 1822, the former municipality of Villeneuve was incorporated.

Population development

After records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a high of around 370 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to the lowest level of around 90 inhabitants, with intermittent recovery phases until the turn of the millennium, before a growth phase began. which continues to this day.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	144	123	113	113	107	92	98	123	128

From 1831 with residents of Villeneuve
From 1962 official figures without residents with second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Jacques

The church and the castle were built at the same time in the 18th century, so it is possible that the current parish church was originally the castle church. The bell gable dates from 1759. The church has been inscribed as a Monument historique since February 13, 1979 .

Bézéril Castle

The castle has a characteristic architectural style with its large park and courtyard, which is framed by elongated wings that extend the outbuildings to the west, while a double flight of stairs leads onto the park. The square corner towers are covered with stapled flat tiles. They could have been built at the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th century. Today the castle is the headquarters of a farm. The facades and roofs of the castle and its outbuildings have been inscribed as a monument historique since October 6, 1977 .