Bougue

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Bougue
Bougue (France)
Bougue
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Country
Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan
Canton Mont-de-Marsan-2
Community association Mont-de-Marsan agglomeration
Coordinates 43 ° 53 ′  N , 0 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 53 ′  N , 0 ° 24 ′  W
height 34-96 m
surface 21.96 km 2
Residents 774 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 35 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 40090
INSEE code 40051
Website www.bougue.fr

Bougue is a municipality in the Pays de Marsan in the department Landes in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southern France . The inhabitants call themselves bouguais (es). The population is currently 774 (as of January 1, 2017), in 1962 it was 344.

geography

Bougue is located between Mont-de-Marsan and Villeneuve, on the border between the Forêt des Landes , the largest European forest area and the agricultural plains of the Chalosse on the Midou River. The place is crossed by the Ludon River.

history

Bougue was also called Boga in the Middle Ages and Bougne in the 18th century .

Archaeological finds from the time of the Copper Age show that the area was already between 4300 BC. BC and 2200 BC Was settled. The name Bougue, however, comes from the name of a Gallic tribe, the Boiern, who settled there around 800 BC.

In 1976, after a storm, a gold treasure from Roman times was found near the village. It contained 12,000 pieces from the second half of the 3rd century, coins that were minted under Tetricus I , Claudius Gothicus and Valerian .

Around 1116, Bougue was given the right of Sauveté by the abbot of La Sauve-Majeure Abbey from William VIII , which means that nobody was allowed to be attacked there. This Sauveté was marked by four marker stones.

Around 1135, Bishop Bonhomme von Aire donated the Saint Candide church.

During the Huguenot Wars , and especially in 1569, Bougue suffered looting and murder of the priests. During this time, many residents of Éauze and Manciet were forced to fill the moats and demolish the fortifications. After their return, a part of Bugue was called Éauze et Manciet .

In 1819 the municipality of Agos became part of the municipality of Bougues.

Christian Cenet was elected mayor in 2008

economy

The main occupations in the municipality are agriculture and forestry. This includes rubber production and the sale of rural products.

Attractions

  • The old mill Moulin d'Agos .
  • The Romanesque church of Saint-Candide, whose bell tower dates from the 11th century and whose porch is decorated with ornate wooden pillars.
  • The Saint Clair spring , which is said to have healing powers and has been a pilgrimage site since the beginning of the 20th century.

  • Church and marker stone of the Camino de Santiago

  • Porch of the church with decoratively carved wooden posts

  • Pilgrims near Bougue

Parish partnership

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bougue on tourisme-landes.com ( Memento of February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (French).
  2. ^ Société des archives historiques de la Gironde: Archives historiques du département de la Gironde . 1895, ISSN  0982-202X , p. 317 ( on Gallica ).
  3. ↑ a b Bouges on Cassini.ehess.fr (French).
  4. ↑ Histoire on bougue.fr in French.
  5. ↑ a b c Voyage dans le temps (French).
  6. ^ Beaunier (a Benedictine monk from the Abbey of Saint-Martin in Ligugé): Archives de la France monastique . tape 10 . Abbaye St. Martin, Ligugé 1905, p. 25th f . ( in the Internet archives of the Canadian Libraries - written 1726?).
  7. ↑ Elections Municipales 2008 ( Memento from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  8. ↑ Bougue on Quid.fr ( Memento of the original of July 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved February 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.quid.fr
  9. ↑ Église Saint-Candide de Bougue on visites.aquitaine.fr ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in French.