Barrancoueu
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
Arrondissement | Bagneres-de-Bigorre | |
Canton | Neste, Aure and Louron | |
Community association | Aure Louron | |
Coordinates | 42 ° 55 ' N , 0 ° 20' E | |
height | 784-1,691 m | |
surface | 3.80 km 2 | |
Residents | 33 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 9 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 65240 | |
INSEE code | 65066 | |
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Barrancoueu ( Occitan Barrancoèu ) is a French commune with 33 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 Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of Neste, Aure et Louron (until 2015: canton of Arreau ).
The inhabitants are called Barrancouais and Barrancouaises .
geography
Barrancoueu is located about 23 kilometers southeast of Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the historic province of Quatre-Vallées .
Barrancoueu is surrounded by the three neighboring communities:
Arreau | ||
Ancizan |
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Barrancoueu is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River .
The Ruisseau de Barrancoueu, also called Ruisseau de Lahourets on its upper reaches, is a tributary of the Neste and crosses the territory of the municipality.
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Toponymy
The Occitan name of the municipality is Barrancoèu. It has its origin in the word barranco , which can be found in the Pyrenees and on the entire Iberian Peninsula in the sense of "gorge, mountain stream". This also fits in with the geographic location of the municipality.
The community's nickname is Eths tistalhèrs ( German for basket weavers ). This is an indication that in addition to breeding cattle, the residents also made baskets.
Toponyms and mentions of Barrancoueu were:
- R. de Barrancue and Raimundus de Barrancuel (1238–1239, documents from Bonnefont ),
- de Barrancuello (1387, Church Register des Comminges ),
- Barancoüau (1767, Larcher, Kopialbuch des Comminges),
- Barranqueau (1750, map by Cassini ),
- Barranquau (1790, Department 1),
- Baranqueau (1790, Department 2),
- Barrancouen (1793, Notice Communale ),
- Barrangueau (1801, Bulletin des lois ).
Population development
After the beginning of the records, the population rose to a high of around 130 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 20 inhabitants with short recovery phases up to the 1980s and has since grown to a level of around 30 inhabitants stabilize.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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Residents | 42 | 28 | 25th | 21st | 30th | 36 | 32 | 33 | 33 |
Attractions
Parish Church of Saint Martin
The parish was a branch parish of Arreau until 1860 and then a vicar cared for the parish. The semicircular apse and a tympanum with the monogram of Christ have been preserved near the church from the Romanesque period . The first significant renovations took place at the end of the 16th century with the addition of a side aisle with a ribbed vault on the north side, as evidenced by the year "1589" on a keystone . In addition, a bell tower replaced the previous simple bell gable . In 1869 the community decided to enlarge the church and commissioned the architect Verdier from Arreau. However, financial problems forced the project to be canceled. In 1877, the episcopal architects Durand and Simian presented new plans that included the construction of a south aisle with a ribbed vault, a new entrance and an external stair tower to access the bell tower. The work was completed in June 1880, the acceptance took place in August 1882. The interior of the church was partially renewed, for example with the purchase of three altars made of white marble in July 1880.
The main nave has a barrel vault . the choir is equipped with a boiler vault. Due to the area on which the church stands, the bell tower was built in the western part on the slope above the church building. The entrance is on its ground floor. It is covered with a polygonal helmet .
Various items of equipment are classified or inscribed as Monument historique :
- a chasuble , a stole , a manipula and a chalice veil from the 18th century,
- two copper collector plates from the 16th century,
- a silver ciborium from the 17th century,
- a silver cross from the 17th century,
- a silver reliquary from the 17th century,
- a statuette made of painted and gilded wood from the 16th century with the representation of Mary and
- a statuette made of painted and gilded wood from the 16th century depicting John the Baptist .
Economy and Infrastructure
Barrancoueu is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .
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traffic
Barrancoueu can be reached via route départementale 112, which ends in Barrancoueu.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ↑ Ma commune: Barrancoueu ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ↑ Barrancoueu ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ↑ a b Notice Communale Barrancoueu ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Barrancoueu (65066) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ↑ Pierre-Yves Corbel: IA65000119 église paroissiale Saint-Martin ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . December 3, 2004. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ↑ église Saint-Martin ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Barrancoueu (65066) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 9, 2019.