Castelnau barbarians

Castelnau-Barbarens ; Castèthnau-Barbarens
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Also
Canton	Astarac gimone
Community association	Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne
Coordinates	43 ° 35 ' N , 0 ° 43' E Coordinates: 43 ° 35 ' N , 0 ° 43' E
height	157-291 m
surface	42.37 km 2
Residents	528 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32450
INSEE code	32076
Website	http://www.castelnau-barbarens.fr/

Castelnau-Barbarens ( Gaskognisch Castèthnau-Barbarens ) is a French commune with 528 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the arrondissement Auch and the canton Astarac-Gimone . Castelnau-Barbarens is also a member of the Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne community association founded in 2001 . The inhabitants are called Castelnausiens / Castelnausiennes .

location

Castelnau-Barbarens lies on a hill east of the Arrats river . The municipality includes the village of Castelnau-Barbarens, the hamlets of Pépieux and Saint-Guiraud and numerous individual farms. The place is about 14 kilometers southeast of the city also in the southeast of the Gers department.

history

Finds from the Neolithic Age and the remains of a villa from the Gallo-Roman period attest to early settlement.

In 1140 the place was first mentioned by name in a document as Castèt nàou dé Barbaréncs . The community belonged to the district of Auch from 1793 to 1801. It has been part of the Auch arrondissement since 1801. From 1793 to 2015 the municipality was within the canton of Saramon . In 1821, the previously independent communities Grenadette (1821: 98 inhabitants), Pépieux (1821: 43 inhabitants) and Saint-Guiraud (1821: 191 inhabitants) were incorporated.

population

year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1841	1866	1911	1921	1926	1936	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	1,223	1.014	1,248	1,345	1,474	1,353	1,309	963	743	815	788	590	525	421	432	414	452	484	515
Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area