Brugnens
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Condom | |
| Canton | Fleurance-Lomagne | |
| Community association | Lomagne Gersoise | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 50 ' N , 0 ° 44' E | |
| height | 97-200 m | |
| surface | 13.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 256 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32500 | |
| INSEE code | 32066 | |
Brugnens ( Gaskognisch Brunhens ) is a French commune with 256 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the municipality association Lomagne Gersoise . Its inhabitants are called Brugnensois / Brugnensoises .
geography
Brugnens is located around 24 kilometers northeast of the city Auch in the northeast of the Gers department. The community consists of the village of Brugnens, a few hamlets and individual farms. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D654.
history
Indirect mention in the 13th century as a Bertrand de Brugnens commander of the city of Auch. The place is in Lomagne , which was a vice-county in the Middle Ages. The place belonged from 1793 to 1801 to the District Lectoure. In addition, Brugnens was within the canton of Fleurance from 1793 to 2015 . The parish was assigned to the Arrondissement of Lectoure from 1801 to 1926. This was dissolved in 1926 and the municipality part of the Condom arrondissement.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1821 | 1856 | 1906 | 1911 | 1921 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 352 | 316 | 565 | 539 | 407 | 325 | 301 | 300 | 273 | 251 | 221 | 231 | 244 | 250 | 256 | 259 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||||||||||
Attractions
- 19th century village church of Saint Blaise
- Memorial to the Fallen
- Museum Musée des ancien combattants pour la liberté with 1200 exhibits from the time of the two world wars
- numerous wayside crosses and statues of the Madonna
