Cieutat

Cieutat
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton	La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses
Community association	Communes de la Haute-Bigorre
Coordinates	43 ° 7 ' N , 0 ° 13' E Coordinates: 43 ° 7 ' N , 0 ° 13' E
height	327-589 m
surface	18.78 km 2
Residents	600 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	32 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65200
INSEE code	65147
	; View of the center of Cieutat

Cieutat is a French commune with 600 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses (until 2015: canton of Bagnères-de-Bigorre ).

The inhabitants are called Cieutatois and Cieutatois .

geography

Cieutat is located about eight kilometers northeast of Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the historic vice-county of Nébouzan .

Cieutat is surrounded by the ten neighboring communities:

Luc	Poumarous	Ozone Chelle-Spou
Orignac		Artiguemy
Mérilheu Argelès-Bagnères	Castillon	Bonnemazon

Cieutat lies in the catchment area of the Adour River .

Tributaries of the Arros cross the territory of the municipality:

the Luz ,
the Arriou-Darré, which rises in Cieutat,
the Ruisseau Gascorre, which rises in Cieutat,
the Arrédou which rises in Cieutat and
the arrêt .

Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Cieutat

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Ciutat. It comes from the Latin civitatem , which denotes the area of a people or their capital. The place could once be the main place of the Onobrisaten (origin of the name Nébouzan), an Aquitanian people, as Pliny the Elder referred to them in his work Naturalis historia , or a fortified camp of the Franks who marched against the rebellious Gascon . However, the origin of the name Neurest / Nauares / Navares / Nauarest , which existed before, is unclear .

A nickname of the residents of the community is Eths gavecats ( German the little owls ) because they have piercing voices like owls. Another is Eths borra-pasta ( German for those who greedily eat pasta ), another is Eths porrotèrs ( German for turkey farmers ).

Toponyms and mentions of Cieutat were:

Neurest (around 1110 and 12th century, copial book of the County of Bigorre),

La Ciutat (around 1200–1230, Copial Book of the County of Bigorre),

la Ciutad (1251, Du Bourg),

villam Civitatis de Navares (1256, marriage contract Esquivat),

ville Civitatis de Naverest (1257, Bigorre County Copies ),

Ciutad (1285, census of the nobility in Bigorre),

Laciotat (1300, elevation in Bigorre),

De Civitate (1342 and 1379, parish registers of Tarbes and Procuration of Tarbes),

La Ciutat (1429, Bigorre County Tax List),

Cieutat (1614 and 1750, Guillaume Mauran or map by Cassini ),

Cuitat (1793, Notice Communale ),

Cieutat (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of 1,410 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the number of inhabitants fell to 470 with short recovery phases by the 1970s, before a growth phase began that continues to this day.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	521	470	457	509	539	518	557	599	600

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

Notre-Dame de Roumé chapel

The 16th century chapel , according to local tradition, has an earlier origin and its name is reminiscent of an earlier establishment or a Roman temple at this location. It may have been destroyed during the Huguenot Wars and was largely restored in the 17th century. The building with a trapezoidal floor plan was erected on an artificial hill and is surrounded by a wall made of dry stone . The former apse was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century and replaced by the current three-walled apse. The masonry of the chapel is made of both ashlar and rubble stone, as well as pebbles that reveal changes over the centuries that are difficult to interpret. On the north and west sides of today's entrance, a monogram of Christ is set in the masonry above what could have been an earlier entrance with a keel arch . The west facade is determined by the bell gable . Inside, the building is covered by a false vault made of painted wooden beams. The floor is covered with old terracotta tiles . The altar is embellished by an altar retable in the style of the 18th century. A gallery with tiered rows of seats is built on the western wall . The chapel has been inscribed as a Monument historique since September 6, 1956 .

Saint-Barthélémy parish church

It is dedicated to the Apostle Bartholomew , the patron saint of the community. A statue depicting the saint with a knife in his right hand as a symbol of his skinning, according to legend, is made of painted wood and dates from the 16th century. It has been classified as a Monument historique since July 30, 1907 .