Castelnavet

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Castelnavet
Castèthnavèth
Castelnavet (France)
Castelnavet
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Mirande
Canton Adour-Gersoise
Community association Armagnac Adour
Coordinates 43 ° 40 ′  N , 0 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 40 ′  N , 0 ° 8 ′  E
height 125–245 m
surface 18.06 km 2
Residents 130 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32290
INSEE code 32081

The Castelnavet Municipal House (Mairie)

Castelnavet ( Gascon : Castèthnavèth) is a French commune of 130 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande .

geography

Castelnavet is around 37 kilometers (as the crow flies) west of the city. Also in the west of the Gers department and belongs to the Côtes de Saint-Mont wine-growing region and the Armagnac brandy region . Numerous bodies of water originate or cross the municipal area. Most important is the Petit Midour river . There are also several small dams in the municipality. The community is far away from important national traffic connections. Route nationale 124 is about ten kilometers north of the municipality . The closest bus stop is Dému on line 935 Auch - Mont-de-Marsan.

Castelnavet is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lupiac in the northeast and east, Saint-Pierre-d'Aubézies in the southeast and south, Couloumé-Mondebat in the southwest and Aignan in the west and northwest.

history

The municipality is historically located within Gascony and belongs to the Bas-Armagnac region . In the 12th century a fortress was built by the Counts of Armagnac. From 1793 to 1801 Castelnavet was part of the Nogaro district and the Lupiac canton. From 1801 to 2015 it was assigned to the canton of Aignan .

Population development

year 1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1841 1861 1881 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 611 519 551 553 620 530 529 502 250 224 201 154 153 155 149 127
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Remains of a moth from the Middle Ages
  • Village church Saint-Jean-Baptiste (also Auban )
  • Chapels Le Ban (13th century), Saint-Laurent and Tichané
  • a statue of the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus from 1868

  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste village church

  • Spring well

  • Place-name sign

  • Memorial to the Fallen

  • old house

Web links

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