Bourgougnague

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Bourgougnague
Bergonhagas
Bourgougnague (France)
Bourgougnague
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Marmande
Canton Le Val du Dropt
Community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Lauzun
Coordinates 44 ° 37 '  N , 0 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 37 '  N , 0 ° 25'  E
height 53-131 m
surface 11.73 km 2
Residents 321 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 27 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 47410
INSEE code 47035

Notre-Dame Church (July 2014)

Bourgougnague is a community in southwestern France and is located in the Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (up to 2016: Aquitaine ).

The inhabitants are called Bourgougnaguais .

geography

Bourgougnague is located in the south of Eymet and thus borders the Dordogne department . The community is built up from the places Guiraud, Petite Lande, Ferussac, Pech Manieu, Huguet, Guillemole, Rigaude, Picharre, Tiffaudie, Catusse, Saint-Laurent and Grand-Vergne.

Bourgougnague is surrounded by the following neighboring municipalities:

Eymet
(Dordogne)
Agnac Neighboring communities Lauzun
Saint-Pardoux-Isaac Lavergne Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun

history

From the 4th century AD, barbarians poured into the Gallo-Roman Empire. In the 5th century the Germanic and Burgundian tribes settled in the municipality . The municipality owes its name to the former: It comes from the Germanic pronunciation of the word Burgundiaca .

Toponymy

As already mentioned, the place takes its name from the Teutons who settled in Bourgougnague. Your pronunciation of Burgundiaca , which means Burgundy territory , became the French Bourgougnague over the centuries .

Demographics

The population development in Bourgougnague has been documented since 1800. With the exception of 2006, statistics were published annually by the Insee .

In 2015 the municipality had 299 inhabitants, which means an increase of 7.94% compared to 2010.

Number of inhabitants
year 1800 1846 1876 1901 1946 1975 1999 2006 2011 2015
Residents 528 576 486 355 346 224 233 272 270 299

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame church from the 13th century with renovations from the 15th century: the wall paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries show a fox hunt; the choir was before World War II by Italian artist Giovanni Masutti painted, originally from the province of Treviso dates
  • Saint-Laurent church, which is now used as a public exhibition space
  • Castle Château de Jolibert, which was used as the first private school MFR , which was founded in nearby Ségalas in 1937
  • Grande Lande manor house with a chapel from the 16th century; this estate was owned by the castle of Lauzun , but was also used by King Henri IV for hunting

Personalities

Web links

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