Bézues bayon
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Bézues bayon Besuas e bayon |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Mirande | |
| Canton | Astarac gimone | |
| Community association | Val de Gers | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 23 ' N , 0 ° 36' E | |
| height | 220-314 m | |
| surface | 12.86 km 2 | |
| Residents | 190 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32140 | |
| INSEE code | 32053 | |
Bézues-Bayon ( Gascon : Besuas e Bayon) is a French municipality with 190 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania (2015 Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande and the municipal association Val de Gers . The residents call themselves Bézuais / Bézuaises .
geography
Bézues-Bajon is about 21 kilometers southeast of Mirande and 29 kilometers south of Auch in the south of the Gers department. The community consists of the place Bézues, numerous scattered settlements and individual farms. The municipality has a share in the reservoir Lac d'Astarac (also called Réservoir de l'Astarac). The river Arrats and the Lac d'Astarac form the eastern municipal boundary in parts.
Neighboring communities are Masseube in the northwest and north, Bellegarde in the north, Sère in the north and northeast, Aussos in the east, Saint-Blancard in the southeast, Cabas-Loumassès in the south, Arrouède in the southwest and Panassac in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Bézues was in the Kastlanei Moncassin and Bajon in the Kastlanei Villefranche within the county of Astarac in the historic Gascon region and shared their fate. Bézues-Bajon belonged to the Mirande district from 1793 to 1801. Bézues-Bajon has been part of the Arrondissement of Mirande since 1801 and belonged to the canton of Masseube from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality has only existed in its current form since 1822. At that time, the former municipality of Bézues (1821: 301 inhabitants) merged with parts of the municipality of Pis-Bajon (1821: 305 inhabitants) to form today's municipality.
Population development
| year | 1851 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 474 | 242 | 221 | 149 | 154 | 145 | 183 | 205 | 208 | 190 |
| Sources: Cassini, Bézues Cassini, Pis-Bajon and INSEE | ||||||||||
Attractions
- 19th century village church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Bézues (portal from 1637)
- Neo-Gothic village church Église de l'Assomption in Bajon
- 17th century farmhouses
- two statues of the Virgin Mary
- numerous wayside crosses
- Memorial to the Fallen
Web links
- Description on the website of the Communauté de communes Val de Gers
- Bézues bayon on the IGN side
- both village churches
- Location of the place and brief information
- Sights of Bézues-Bajon on Le Patrimoine rural du Gers