Bassoues

Bassoues ( Gascon : Bassoas ) is a French municipality with 321 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania (before 2016: Midi-Pyrenees ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande and is part of the canton of Pardiac-Rivière-Basse (until 2015: canton of Montesquiou ). The inhabitants are called Bassouais .

geography

Bassoues is about 23 kilometers west-southwest of Auch . Bassoues is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Peyrusse-Grande in the north and north-west, Callian in the north, Castelnau-d'Anglès in the north-east, Montesquiou in the east, Puylebon in the south-east, Saint-Christaud in the south, Laveraët in the south-west, Armous-et-Cau in the West and Gazax-et-Baccarisse in the north-west.

Bassoues is located on Via Tolosana , one of the four historical " Routes of the St. James pilgrims in France ".

The Bastide of Bassoues was founded in 1295.

Development of the population (only residents with primary residence) :

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
631	568	512	503	454	376	389	321
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Sainte-Marie church from the 15th century
Saint-Fris basilica, originally from the 11th century, rebuilt by the Archbishop of Auch in 1520
Remains of the archbishop's castle from the 15th / 16th centuries century
Donjon from the 14th century
Market hall

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