Créon-d'Armagnac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Country | |
| Arrondissement | Mont-de-Marsan | |
| Canton | Haute Lande Armagnac | |
| Community association | Landes d'Armagnac | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 6 ′ W | |
| height | 110-163 m | |
| surface | 21.26 km 2 | |
| Residents | 362 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 40240 | |
| INSEE code | 40087 | |
| Website | www.creon-armagnac.fr | |
Creon-d'Armagnac is a French municipality with 362 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 Haute Lande Armagnac (until 2015: canton of Gabarret ).
There are several theories about the origin of the name Créon. It could be related to the chalk that is in the soil of the parish or it could go back to the Cretaceous Period . But it could also go back to Amaury de Craon, who had a bastide built at these locations at the beginning of the 14th century .
The inhabitants are called Créonais and Créonaises .
geography
Créon-d'Armagnac is located 34 km northeast of Mont-de-Marsan in the historic province of Armagnac in the historic province of Gascony on the eastern border with the neighboring Gers department .
Créon-d'Armagnac is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities:
| Estigarde | Herré | |
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Gabarret |
| Lagrange | Cazaubon (Gers) |
Créon-d'Armagnac lies in the catchment area of the Adour River .
Tributaries of the Douze cross the territory of the municipality:
- the Ruisseau de Pouthet, which rises in Créon-d'Armagnac, and its tributary,
- the Ruisseau de Créon, which rises in Créon-d'Armagnac,
- the Ruisseau de Lapouchette, which is also called Ruisseau du Pihorc here and rises in Créon-d'Armagnac, and
- the Estampon , here called the Grand Canal du Marais.
In addition, the Ruisseau de Sourroulh, a tributary of the Launet, and the Ruisseau de Peyre, a tributary of the Ruisseau de Cavaillon, irrigate the municipality.
history
The first church was built around 1210 by Guillaume Loup d'Argel, an English knight and landlord of Arouille (now Saint-Justin ). At the end of his life he repented of his crimes, donated monasteries in Gascony and promoted the building of numerous churches, as well as in Créon. According to one hypothesis, this could have been the core of a small bastide , which is said to have been founded by Seneschall de Gabardan at the turn of the 13th to the 14th century . The clashes between the English and French crowns, later between Protestant and Catholic parties, determined life in Créon for several centuries. The village was under Arouille, which paid homage to the Viscount of Juliac. The parish church was devastated in 1355 by troops under Edward of Woodstock , known as "The Black Prince". In 1569 the remains were destroyed during the Huguenot Wars when Captain Thoiras marched through by setting them on fire. Services could be resumed in 1572, now when the majority of the population was Protestant. The church was rebuilt at the end of the 17th century on the orders of the Comtesse de Juliac, Paule de Bérolles. The event of the 18th century is the French Revolution with the establishment of the municipality according to the law of December 14th 1798. In the 19th century the economic importance of the production of brandy exceeded that of the forestry.
Population development
After the records began, the population rose to a peak of around 765 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, a level of around 700 inhabitants was maintained by the end of the 19th century, before the size of the community with short recovery phases dropped to around 260 inhabitants by the 1980s. This was followed by a moderate growth phase that continues today.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 329 | 299 | 289 | 258 | 286 | 282 | 295 | 335 | 362 |
Attractions
Parish Church of Saint Barthélemy
After the first church, built in the Middle Ages , was badly damaged by Protestant troops in the 16th century, it was completely rebuilt between 1695 and 1699. It consisted of a nave with a side chapel . In 1833 this second building was considered dilapidated and inadequate, so that today's parish church, consecrated to the Apostle Bartholomew , was rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style from 1890 to 1895 at the same location. The nave contains a main nave three bays in length. Before that, there is a room with a length of a yoke under the bell tower . This is flanked to the north by a baptistery and south by the stairs to a gallery inside the church. Two side chapels open to the crossing and give the church the floor plan in the shape of a Latin cross . The three-walled choir is framed by two sacristies . The nave and the chapels are covered with a groin vault, the choir with a false ribbed vault . In the west, the bell tower rises from the building. It is covered with a tent roof made of slate . Buttresses surround the whole building. According to the records, the north wall of the nave is built on pillars .
When the parish church was completely rebuilt at the end of the 19th century, most of the furnishings were retained. The oldest elements are the baptismal font and a chest from the 17th century. The three altars date from the first half or the middle of the 19th century. A set of 16 glass windows is the work of the glass painter Henri Feur from Bordeaux from the year 1897. They show the Heart of Jesus , St. Joseph and the Mother of God according to the iconography adopted after the Marian apparitions in Lourdes . The other windows show vegetal or geometric motifs. The described and many other items of equipment of the church are registered as national cultural assets.
Economy and Infrastructure
In addition to the Armagnac, the municipality's economy is also determined by activities related to tourism.
Créon-d'Armagnac is located in the AOC zones of Armagnac (Armagnac-Ténarèze, Bas Armagnac and Haut Armagnac), Blanche-Armagnacs, and Floc de Gascogne , a liqueur wine .
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education
The community has a public primary school with 48 students in the 2017/2018 school year.
traffic
Créon-d'Armagnac is crossed by Routes départementales 35, 51 and 381.
Web links
- Créon-d'Armagnac on the association's website (French)
- Website of the Bureau National Interprofessionnel de l'Armagnac (French)
- Website of the Association Qualité Landes with information on Armagnac and Floc de Gascogne (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Créon-d'Armagnac ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ↑ Landes ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ↑ Ma commune: Créon-d'Armagnac ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ↑ a b église paroissiale Saint-Barthélemy ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ^ Notice Communale Créon-d'Armagnac ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune de Créon-d'Armagnac (40087) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ↑ le mobilier de l'église paroissiale Saint-Barthélemy ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ↑ ensemble de 16 verrières: Sacre Coeur, Saint Joseph, Notre Dame de Lourdes (baies 0 à 14, 101) ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Créon-d'Armagnac (40087) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved March 21, 2018.