Bonnefont

Bonnefont
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Les Coteaux
Community association	Communes du Pays de Trie et du Magnoac
Coordinates	43 ° 15 ′ N , 0 ° 21 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′ N , 0 ° 21 ′ E
height	275-476 m
surface	15.37 km 2
Residents	339 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65220
INSEE code	65095
	; View of the center of Bonnefont

Bonnefont is a French commune with 339 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 Les Coteaux (until 2015: canton of Trie-sur-Baïse ).

The inhabitants are called Bonnefontois and Bonnefontoises .

geography

Bonnefont is located about 22 kilometers east of Tarbes in the historic county of Bigorre .

Bonnefont is surrounded by the seven neighboring communities:

Bugard	Lustar	Sentous
Orieux		Libaros
Bernadets-Dessus	Montastruc

Bonnefont is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River on the left bank of the Baïse , one of its tributaries.

The Ruisseau de Mézères and the Lizon, tributaries of the Baïse, cross the territory of the commune, as does the Ruisseau du Léoup, a tributary of the Baïsole .

Road sign

Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Bonnefont

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Bonahont. It has its origin in the Gascognischen bona hont ( German good source ).

The nickname of the community residents is Los putanèrs ( German the Schürzenjäger ).

Toponyms and mentions of Bonnefont were:

Gillelmus Bonifontis and Gillelmus de Bonofonte (1211, copy book by Berdoues ),
de Bonafonte (1383–1384, procuration from Auch ),
de Bonofonte (15th century, Livre rouge by Auch),
Bone Font (1429, Bigorre County Census List),
Bonnefont d'Antin (1742 and 1750, church register or map by Cassini ),
Bonnefont (1793 and 1801, Notice Communale and Bulletin des lois, respectively ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a high of 1,150 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community decreased to around 315 inhabitants by the end of the 20th century with short recovery phases, before a short growth phase raised it to a level of around 350 inhabitants, which is still held today.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	505	463	422	313	358	313	344	351	339

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

Attractions

Saint-Félix church in Bonnefont

It is located east of the site of a previous castle. The building looks typical of the 19th century, but dates from the 16th century and replaced a previous building. It contains a group of sculptures from the 18th century made of gilded wood depicting the Pietà , which has been inscribed as a Monument historique since December 11, 1981 .