Buanes

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Buanes
Buanes (France)
Buanes
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Country
Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan
Canton Adour Armagnac
Community association Aire-sur-l'Adour
Coordinates 43 ° 43 ′  N , 0 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 43 ′  N , 0 ° 25 ′  W
height 69-149 m
surface 6.62 km 2
Residents 259 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 40320
INSEE code

Parish Church of Saint-Philippe et Saint-Jacques

Buanes is a French municipality with 259 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan and the canton of Adour Armagnac (until 2015: canton of Aire-sur-l'Adour ).

The name in the Gascognischen language is also Buanes . It is derived from the Latin word budana ( German  rushes ) and gives an indication of the natural environment at the time of settlement.

The inhabitants are called Buanais and Buanaises .

geography

Buanes is located about 20 kilometers southeast of Mont-de-Marsan in Gascony on the southeastern edge of the department.

Buanes is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Larrivière-Saint-Savin
Fargues Neighboring communities Classun
Saint Loubouer

Buanes lies in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River .

The Bahus and the Ruisseau de Téchénérat, also called Ruisseau de Lagrabe here, are tributaries of the Adour and cross the territory of the municipality.

history

Finds of megaliths prove an early settlement in the area of ​​the community in prehistory . The Dolmen Naoutet , named after the neighborhood in which it was discovered, was partially covered by an artificial mound. It was destroyed around 1950. The cover plate had a diameter of 2 m and a thickness of 0.70 m. Another stone is located near the source of the Ruisseau de Lagrabe, in the Larqué district. It can be a fallen menhir or a top plate of a dolmen. Most of it is covered with earth and part of it broke in an earlier time.

The village was founded as a bastide in 1348 on the hill above the Bahus valley . The parish was subordinate to the church of Saint-Ouens in Saint-Perdon . A treaty on feudal rights was between Pierre I of Castelnau and the English king and duke of Guyenne Edward III. closed, which guaranteed both equality. The bastide comprised seven blocks of houses surrounded by gardens. The vineyards were divided in the south of the hill. In 1620 the village was under the control of the Margraviate of Geaune , which at that time was owned by the Castelnau-Tursan family. In the following years the owners of the changed basic rule of Buanes in rapid succession. During the Huguenot Wars , the village sided with the Protestants . At the beginning of the 20th century, a large part of the population was employed in debt bondage to cultivate the leased land in exchange for part of the harvest.

Population development

After the population peaked at over 900 at the beginning of the 19th century, the number fell to a level of around 180 after several short recovery phases until the 1950s, before a period of growth began at the turn of the millennium, which has recently been declining again seems.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2017
Residents 184 180 174 189 173 199 243 278 259
From 1962 official figures without residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2010

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Philippe et Saint-Jacques

View inside the church

The church was built in the 14th century at the same time as the foundation of the bastide. At the beginning it should consist of a simple rectangular hall, which was bordered in the west by a high bell gable , which was secured in its center on both sides by a buttress . In the 16th century, the church was extended to the east by a semicircular apse that is slightly wider. An old window was recycled during its construction and its south side was fitted with tracery . A chapel and later a sacristy were added on the south side .

In the 17th century the nave was divided into three naves, each two bays in length. This was achieved by two rows of three columns each , which carry segmental arches in the longitudinal direction and arches in the transverse direction to the pilasters embedded in the walls . A simple, flat ceiling covers today's nave. The rear area of ​​the choir is also separated by arcades in the transverse direction, but here in smaller proportions. The shafts of the columns are made of fake red marble . They have Corinthian or composite capitals . In the reveals, rectangular and square fields of fake marble alternate, framed with fleurons and rosettes of a great variety.

The side chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary , is covered with slate on the outside, unlike the rest of the building, which is tiled. It was decorated in a different style at the beginning of the 20th century. Your vault with rods from stucco textured. The fields in between are decorated on the right with fine lianas , on the apse with vases from which large bouquets of lilies or other flowers flow.

The bell gable and the interior have been inscribed as Monuments historiques since February 8, 1984 .

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture is the municipality's most important economic factor.

Buanes is located in the AOC zone of the Tursan wine region .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 18

traffic

Buanes can be reached via routes départementales 11, 25 and 335.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Buanes ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  2. a b Buanes ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved on February 15, 2018.
  3. Landes ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  4. ^ Ma commune: Buanes ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Jean-Claude Merlet: Le mégalithisme dans les Landes ( fr , PDF) Center de Recherches Archéologiques sur les Landes. 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  6. ^ Notice Communale Buanes ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  7. Populations légales 2015 Commune de Buanes (40057) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  8. BUANES. Église Saint-Philippe-et-Saint-Jacques ( fr ) Comité d'études pour l'Histoire et l'Art de la Gascogne (CEHAG) and Amis des églises Anciennes des Landes (AEAL). Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  9. ^ Eglise Saint-Philippe et Saint-Jacques ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  10. Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  11. Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Buanes (40057) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved February 15, 2018.