Bivès

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Bivès
Bivès (France)
Bivès
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Condom
Canton Fleurance-Lomagne
Community association Bastides de Lomagne
Coordinates 43 ° 50 '  N , 0 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 50 '  N , 0 ° 48'  E
height 107-192 m
surface 9.93 km 2
Residents 133 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32380
INSEE code 32055
Website Bivès

View of the center of Bivès

Bivès is a French commune with 133 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Condom arrondissement and the canton of Fleurance-Lomagne (until 2015: canton of Saint-Clar ).

The inhabitants are called Bivèsiens and Bivèsiennes .

geography

Bivès is about twelve kilometers east of Condom in the historic province of Armagnac on the north-western edge of the department.

Bivès is surrounded by the seven neighboring municipalities:

Saint-Léonard Tournecoupe
Cadeilhan Neighboring communities Estramiac
Bayonets Monfort Homps

Bivès is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River .

The Arrats , one of its tributaries, flows along the northeastern municipal boundary. The Ruisseau de Muras and the Ruisseau de Napard are tributaries of the Arrats and arise on the territory of the municipality.

The Ruisseau de Saudroue, a tributary of the Ruisseau du Gélon, also has its source in Bivès.

history

Before the middle of the 13th century, the village was a so-called Castelnau . A Castelnau ( German  Neuburg , Occitan castèl nòu , in Vulgar Latin castellum novum ) is a village or town that was founded near a castle in the Middle Ages . The place was provided with a city wall, a gate and a suburb to the west. The extent of the fenced plot was probably 80 mater × 100 meters around the current church. Three landlord families exercised jurisdiction in 1283. The church was built in the 17th century and has some remains of a building from the late Middle Ages. Today there are no further traces from this time in the church.

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a high of around 550 by the first half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to its lowest level of 130 inhabitants, with intermittent recovery phases, by the 1990s before it settled down stabilized at this level.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 193 170 147 133 125 130 131 129 133
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-André

The present sacristy of the church with a barrel vault could originally be a chapel from the 12th century. Based on the indication of the year 1612 , it can be assumed that the nave , choir and bell gable were built at the beginning of the 17th century. According to another inscription, the building was restored in 1853.

Notre-Dame-des-Neiges chapel

The building was probably built in the 11th century from a small masonry bond of rubble stones . The western wall of regular masonry with its bell gable and the southern entrance were probably built in the 13th century. The apse has a semicircular shape. The outer walls are partially plastered, the roof is covered with hollow tiles.

lock

The origins probably go back to the 13th century. From 1582 onwards the residential building was changed and a stair tower was added. After 1882 the two-story residential building was extended to the south. The castle is privately owned and not open to the public.

Economy and Infrastructure

The municipality's economy is predominantly agricultural.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 22

traffic

Bivès can be reached via routes départementales 558 and 654.

Web links

Commons : Bivès  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gers ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Bivès ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Anaïs Comet: Village de Bivès ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . November 3, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  4. ↑ Notice Communale Bivès ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  5. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Bivès (32055) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Eglise paroissiale Saint-André ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  7. ↑ Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Neiges ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  8. ^ Château ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  9. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Bivès (32055) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 11, 2019.