Brittany-d'Armagnac

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Bretagne-d'Armagnac
Bretanha d'Armanhac
Bretagne-d'Armagnac (France)
Brittany-d'Armagnac
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Condom
Canton Armagnac-Ténarèze
Community association Grand Armagnac
Coordinates 43 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 8'  E
height 113-185 m
surface 12.35 km 2
Residents 422 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32800
INSEE code 32064

Bretagne-d'Armagnac ( Gaskognisch Bretanha d'Armanhac ) is a French commune with 422 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitania region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the community association Grand Armagnac . The inhabitants call themselves Bretons / Bretonnes .

geography

Bretagne-d'Armagnac is located around 45 kilometers northwest of Auch in the north of the Gers department. The community consists of numerous scattered settlements and individual farmsteads.

Neighboring communities are Castelnau-d'Auzan in the north, Montréal in the northeast, Cazeneuve in the east and south and Eauze in the south and west. There are numerous vineyards.

history

In the Middle Ages, Bretagne-d'Armagnac lay within the Eauzan region in the historic Gascony landscape and shared its fate. Bretagne-d'Armagnac was part of the District Condom from 1793 to 1801. Since 1801, Bretagne-d'Armagnac has been assigned to the Arrondissement Condom and belonged to the canton of Eauze from 1793 to 2015 .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 416 388 363 392 345 345 378 413 422
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste village church
  • Stone cross in front of the church
  • two lavoirs (wash houses), in the village and on the road to Ménard
  • Memorial to the Fallen

Web links

Commons : Bretagne-d'Armagnac  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen