Bazillac

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Bazillac
Coat of arms of Bazillac
Bazillac (France)
Bazillac
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais
Community association Adour Madiran
Coordinates 43 ° 21 ′  N , 0 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 21 ′  N , 0 ° 6 ′  E
height 222-239 m
surface 10.28 km 2
Residents 347 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65140
INSEE code 65073

Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Bazillac

Bazillac is a French commune with 347 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Tarbes and the canton of Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais (until 2015: canton of Rabastens-de-Bigorre ).

The inhabitants are called Bazillacois and Bazillacoises .

geography

Bazillac is located about 23 kilometers north of Tarbes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre on the northern edge of the department.

Bazillac is surrounded by the seven neighboring communities:

Vic-en-Bigorre Sarriac-Bigorre Rabastens-de-Bigorre
Camalès Neighboring communities Escondeaux
Ugnouas Tostat

Bazillac is in the catchment area of the river Adour at its right bank.

In addition, tributaries of the Canal d'Alaric irrigate the territory of the municipality:

  • the Aule and its tributary,
    • the Ruisseau l'Ayguevive, and
  • the Ruisseau de Larcis and its tributary,
    • the Ruisseau l'Échéou.
Washing area

history

The community has been settled since Gallo-Roman times , as evidenced by parts of ceramics , roof tiles and remains of dwellings on site. Until 1750 there was a castle belonging to the Barons of Bazillac. Today the school building stands at this point. A brick building replaced the manor house of the Florence family, who were vassals of the Bazillac , in the 19th century .

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Baselhac. It comes from the Latin proper name Basilius and the suffix -acum, from which the Gascognic suffix -ac arose ("Basilius's estate" in antiquity ).

Toponyms and mentions of Bazillac were:

  • S. Bernardo de Baseliaco and de Basaliaco (1062, copy book of the County of Bigorre),
  • Bernardus de Basalag (1152, Berdoues copy book ),
  • Bernardus de Basiliaco (1157 and 1257, Berdoues copy),
  • Bernardus de Bazalag (1190, Berdoues copy book),
  • Bernardus de Baselag (1171, Berdoues copy book),
  • Bernardo de Basalach (1256, Archives of the French Crown Trésor des chartes ),
  • Raymundus Aymerici de Bazalha (1300, elevation in Bigorre),
  • De Bazelhaco (1313 and 1379, Tax List Debita regi Navarre and Prokuration Tarbes ),
  • De Baselhaco (1342, parish register of Tarbes),
  • Baselhac (1429, Bigorre census list),
  • Bazillac (1750, map by Cassini ),
  • Bazeillac (1790, Department 2),
  • Bazilhac (1793, Notice Communale ),
  • Bazillac (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After the beginning of the records, the population rose to a high of 550 by the first half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community decreased with short recovery phases until after the Second World War to 320 inhabitants, before it has since grown to a level of around 340 inhabitants stabilized.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 356 335 319 352 317 304 342 326 347
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011
Parish Church of Saint-Saturnin

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint-Saturnin

Economy and Infrastructure

Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

Bazillac 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 = 37

education

The municipality has a public primary school with 17 students in the 2019/2020 school year.

traffic

Bazillac can be reached via Routes départementales 4, 8 and 51.

Web links

Commons : Bazillac  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Tarbes (072) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Bazillac ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ Bazillac . Offices de Tourisme du Pays du Val d'Adour. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ Bazillac ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrenees. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  6. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ a b Notice Communale Bazillac ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  8. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Bazillac (65073) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  10. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Bazillac (65073) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  11. ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved October 10, 2019.