Beaucaire (Gers)

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Beaucaire
Bèucaire
Beaucaire (France)
Beaucaire
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Condom
Canton Baïse-Armagnac
Community association Ténarèze
Coordinates 43 ° 50 '  N , 0 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 50 '  N , 0 ° 23'  E
height 85-208 m
surface 16.14 km 2
Residents 256 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32410
INSEE code 32035

Village church at the beginning of the 20th century

Beaucaire ( Gascon Beucaire ) is a French municipality with 256 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the municipality of Ténarèze . Its inhabitants call themselves Beaucairiens / Beaucairiennes .

geography

Beaucaire is located on the left bank of the Baïse around 27 kilometers northwest of the city Auch in the north of the Gers department. The community consists of the village of Beaucaire, several hamlets and numerous individual farms. In terms of traffic, the municipality is located on the D939 away from major supra-regional traffic routes.

history

In the Middle Ages, the place was within the County of Vic-Fezensac, which was part of the County of Armagnac. The parishes belonged to the District Condom from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Beaucaire and Pardailhan were from 1793 to 2015 within the canton of Valence-sur-Baïse . The parish has been assigned to the Condom arrondissement since 1801. In 1839 the previously independent community of Pardailhan (1831: 209 inhabitants) was incorporated.

Population development

year 1793 1800 1806 1846 1851 1881 1936 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 715 582 661 742 628 626 398 387 345 312 297 305 277 286 256
Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area

Attractions

  • Château de Pardailhan castle
  • Notre-Dame-des-Pommiers village church in Beaucaire
  • Saint-Loup Church in Pardailhan
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • several wayside crosses

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sights of the community
  2. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen