Bats (Landes)

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Bats
Bats (France)
Bats
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Country
Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan
Canton Chalosse Tursan
Community association Chalosse Tursan
Coordinates 43 ° 40 ′  N , 0 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 40 ′  N , 0 ° 27 ′  W
height 69-148 m
surface 7.35 km 2
Residents 304 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 41 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 40320
INSEE code 40029

Bats is a French municipality with 304 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan and the canton of Chalosse Tursan (until 2015: canton of Geaune ).

The name in the Gascognic language is Vaths . It is derived from the Latin word vallis ( German  valley ).

The inhabitants are called Batsois and Batsoises .

geography

Bats is located about 30 km south of Mont-de-Marsan in the Tursan region in the historic province of Gascony .

Bats is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Vielle-Tursan Saint Loubouer
Aubagnan Neighboring communities Urgons
Samadet

Bats lies in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River .

The Gabas , one of its tributaries, marks the border to the neighboring municipality of Samadet, the Bas , a tributary of the Gabas, the border to the neighboring municipality of vielle-Tursan.

history

In 1342 Bats was raised to the baronate of the manor of Castelnau-Tursan. Ramond-Bertrand de Castelnau, landlord of Doazit, bought Bats in 1354. During the Huguenot Wars , the church was sacked by Protestant troops in 1569. In 1620 Bats was annexed to the margraviate of Geaune . Antoine de Poyanne sells Bats for 53,000 livre to Louis de Barry, Lieutenant General in Saint-Sever in 1674. Throughout its past, Bats was the seat of the Commandery of Saint-Antoine-de-Galonie, which protected the valleys. This was subordinate to the Commandery of Saint Antoine l'Abbaye , from 1572 to the Archpriesthood of Arue .

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 420 by the first half of the 19th century. As a result, the size of the community decreased to around 230 inhabitants up to the 1940s with short recovery phases, increased for a short time and stagnated again at around 230 inhabitants at the turn of the millennium, before a strong to moderate growth phase set in, which still continues today .

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2017
Residents 252 239 244 232 238 230 263 291 304
From 1962 official figures without residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2010

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Sainte-Catherine . It was built around 1900 and shows numerous pointed arches in its architecture and as ornaments . The entrance portal at the foot of the bell tower is no exception. The inset wooden door adapts to the shape of the pointed arch. Latin crosses are engraved on its two wings, with the branches gradually expanding outwards. The massive square bell tower is two-story. A rose window without glass is carved into the stone between the entrance portal and its sound arcade .
  • Arena. Like many villages in the Landes, Bats also has an arena to host a Course Landaise , a traditional, bloodless game with wild bulls, or other public events. The arena, built in the 1970s, is equipped with two grandstands opposite one another . A surrounding wall limits the playing area. The seating capacity can be designed relatively flexibly, as the permanent components are small in size and mobile rows of seats can be added depending on the number of visitors.

Economy and Infrastructure

The economy is also linked to agriculture, with a focus on growing grain and corn and poultry and viticulture.

Bats is located in the AOC zone of the Tursan wine region .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 35

education

The municipality has a public pre-school with 18 students in the 2017/2018 school year.

traffic

Bats is crossed by Routes départementales 2, 40 and 446.

Personalities

Jean-Marc Carité, is a journalist, author of several books on organic wine and founder of the magazine Utovie , which covers topics related to ecological, social, political and literary alternatives.

Web links

Commons : Bats  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bats ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c Bats ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 24, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  3. ↑ Landes ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ma commune: Bats ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Bats ( fr ) Communauté de communes Chalosse Tursan. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ Notice Communale Bats ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune de Bats (40029) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  8. ↑ Église de Bats ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 24, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  9. ^ Porte de l'église de Bats ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 24, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  10. ↑ Détail de la façade de l'église de Bats ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 25, 2018. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 24, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  11. ↑ Arènes de Bats ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 24, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  12. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  13. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Bats (40029) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  14. ^ École maternelle ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved January 24, 2018.