Berganty

Berganty
region	Occitania
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Cahors
Canton	Causse et Vallées
Community association	Communes du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne
Coordinates	44 ° 27 ' N , 1 ° 39' E Coordinates: 44 ° 27 ' N , 1 ° 39' E
height	274-377 m
surface	6.98 km 2
Residents	116 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	46090
INSEE code	46027

Berganty is a French commune with 116 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Cahors and the canton of Causse et Vallées (until 2015: canton of Saint-Géry ).

The name of the community probably comes from the old form Bergantinum , which was derived from the ancient Celtic word berg ( German mountains, hill ). Some etymologists see the origin of the toponym in the Languedocian word bragant ( German highwayman, highwayman ). Thus, the village was a refuge for thieves and looters in earlier times.

The inhabitants are called Bergantynois and Bergantynoises .

geography

Berganty is located about 17 kilometers east of Cahors in the historic province of Quercy in the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park .

Berganty is surrounded by the three neighboring communities:

		Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
Esclauzels
	Concots

Although the water emerges from the earth in several places, no running water crosses the area of the municipality.

history

Between 1790 and 1794, the two parishes of Lapeyre and Farques were incorporated.

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 410 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 75 inhabitants during short recovery phases up to the 1990s, before a growth phase set in that is today still persists.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	123	98	127	112	74	92	96	106	116

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Parish Church of Saint Martin

The semicircular apse could date from the 12th or 13th century. But it could also be the result of a new building, as the irregularly formed masonry made of ashlar and quarry stone suggests. The window in the longitudinal axis is bricked up. Two relatively thin buttresses extend to the cornice , which is supported by the console . One of them carries the sculptural head of a person. The year "1859" on the north side of the nave probably belongs to a first building project in the 19th century, during which the two aisles could have been built. Between 1884 and 1889, the bell tower in the west was built according to plans by the architect of the department, Jean-Gabriel Rodolosse. It bears the year "1888".