Barcugnan

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Barcugnan
Barcugnan (France)
Barcugnan
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Mirande
Canton Mirande-Astarac
Community association Astarac Arros en Gascogne
Coordinates 43 ° 23 '  N , 0 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 23 '  N , 0 ° 24'  E
height 190-311 m
surface 9.11 km 2
Residents 107 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32170
INSEE code 32028
Website Barcugnan

Barcugnan is a French commune with 107 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande and the canton of Mirande-Astarac (until 2015: canton of Miélan ).

The inhabitants are called Barcugnanais and Barcugnanaises .

geography

Barcugnan is located around 15 kilometers south of Mirande in the historic province of Armagnac on the southern border with the neighboring Hautes-Pyrénées department .

Barcugnan is surrounded by the six neighboring communities:

Mont-de-Marrast Montaut
Manas-Bastanous Neighboring communities Sainte-Aurence-Cazaux
Fontrailles
(Hautes-Pyrénées) 		Duffort

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

The Baïse is one of its tributaries and crosses the territory of the municipality together with its tributaries,

  • the Ruisseau de Larrat,
  • the Ruisseau du Mont d'Aroux and
  • the Haget, which rises in Barcugnan.

history

Before 1806, the former municipality of Montagnan was incorporated, in 1822 the former municipality of Saint-Trailles.

Population development

With the incorporation of the former municipality of Saint-Trailles, the number of inhabitants reached its highest level of around 660. In the period that followed, the size of the municipality decreased with intermittent recovery phases until today.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 260 228 192 169 164 143 145 117 107
From 1806 with residents of Montagnan, from 1831 with residents of Saint-Trailles
From 1962 official figures without residents with second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

  • Saint Martin Church in Barcugnan
  • Saint-Laurent church in the hamlet of Montagnan
  • Sainte-Eulalie church in the hamlet of Saint-Trailles

Economy and Infrastructure

Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

The municipality's economy is predominantly agricultural. Barcugnan 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 = 14

traffic

Barcugnan is crossed by routes départementales 145, 211 (Hautes-Pyrénées: 39) and 939, the former route nationale 639 .

Web links

Commons : Barcugnan  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gers ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Barcugnan ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Notice Communale Barcugnan ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Barcugnan (32028) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Barcugnan (32028) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 9, 2019.