Cravencères

Cravencères
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Grand-Bas-Armagnac
Community association	Communes du Bas Armagnac
Coordinates	43 ° 46 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E
height	97-180 m
surface	9.09 km 2
Residents	92 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	10 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32110
INSEE code	32113
Website	Cravencères
Parish Church of Saint Vincent

Cravencères is a French commune with 92 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The community belongs to Arrondissement Condom and Canton Grand Bas-Armagnac (2015: Canton Nogaro ).

The inhabitants are called Cravencérois and Cravencéroises .

geography

Cravencères is located about 34 kilometers southwest of Condom in the historic province of Armagnac on the western edge of the department.

Cravencères is surrounded by the four neighboring municipalities:

Sainte-Christie-d'Armagnac		Manciet
	Loubédat	Avéron-Bergelle

Waters

Cravencères is located in the catchment area of the Adour River .

The Douze forms the natural border with the northeastern neighboring municipality of Manciet. One of its tributaries, the Ruisseau de Lariouasse, has its source in the municipality.

Cravencères is also irrigated by the Midouzan, a tributary of the Ruisseau de Saint-Aubin.

history

In 1832, the former municipality of L'Hôpital was incorporated.

Population development

After the records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a high of around 365 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell with intermittent recovery phases to this day.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	170	154	151	124	112	118	100	103	92

Until 1831 without residents of L'Hôpital
From 1962 official figures without residents with second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint Vincent

Apse of the parish church of Saint-Vincent

Their origins go back to the Middle Ages . The single-nave nave merges into a semicircular apse , which is provided with four supporting pillars . The nave is covered with a barrel vault made of industrially manufactured bricks. The vault of the choir probably received its Romanesque vault , which is now embellished with a neo-Gothic trompe-l'oeil painting. The church has been registered as a Monument historique since December 31, 2014 .

Many of the church's furnishings are classified as Monument historique :

• an 18th century painting depicting Christ crucified
• a statue made of gilded wood from the 18th century depicting Mary with baby Jesus
• a 15th or 16th century stone sculpture with the head of Christ
• a painting from 1709 depicting the Pietà
• a late 18th century painting depicting the apostle Peter
• a late 18th century painting depicting the Apostle Paul
• a painting from 1813 depicting Saint Vincent.

Chapel of the Sainte-Christie Hospital

West of the center of Cravencères, on a pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, there was the Commandery of the Sainte-Christie Hospital , led by the Order of Malta . A chapel from the end of the 12th century that was originally dedicated to John the Baptist remains today . The very simple building consists of a nave with a length of three bays and a flat closed apse. It has two entrances: on the west facade an entrance portal with two simple round arches and on the south side a small portal with a canopy. The other buildings of the Commandery were destroyed during the Huguenot Wars . Around 1538 the Protestants used the stones to reinforce the fortifications in Manciet.

Many pieces of equipment in the chapel are classified as monument historique :

• Altar retable and tabernacle made of painted and gilded wood from the 18th century
• a painting from 1773 on the east wall of the choir with the biblical scene of the Annunciation
• a painting from 1773 on the east wall of the choir depicting the biblical scene of the Assumption of Mary
• an 18th century painting depicting the patron saint Clare of Assisi
• a choir screen made of painted wood, created around 1738
• a 17th century painting above the main altar depicting John the Baptist.

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  Chapel of the Sainte-Christie Hospital - south side

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  View of the choir

Economy and Infrastructure

Bas Armagnac Château de Mauhic 1986		Floc de Gascogne blanc and rosé

Agriculture is one of the most important economic factors in the municipality.

Cravencères is located in the AOC zones

• des Armagnacs (Armagnac, Bas-Armagnac, Haut-Armagnac, Armagnac-Ténarèze and Blanche Armagnac) and
• of the liqueur wine Floc de Gascogne (blanc, rosé).

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
Total = 31

Camino de Santiago logo

sport and freetime

• The long-distance hiking trail GR 65 from Geneva to Roncesvalles leads through the northern municipality. It follows the Via Podiensis , one of the four historic St. James' Ways .

traffic

Cravencères can be reached via Routes départementales 153, 231, 522 and 931, the former Route nationale 131 .

Personalities

Charles Samaran, born October 28, 1879 in Cravencères, died October 15, 1982 in Nogaro , was an archivist and historian .

Web links

Commons : Cravencères  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cravencères on the Association of Municipalities website (French)
• Website of the Bureau National Interprofessionnel de l'Armagnac (French)
• Website of the Comité Interprofessionnel du Floc de Gascogne (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gers ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
2. ↑ Ma commune: Cravencères ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Notice Communale Cravencères ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 20, 2019.
4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Cravencères (32113) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 20, 2019.
5. ^ Eglise Saint-Vincent ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . May 15, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
6. ↑ ^{a b} église Saint-Vincent, église de l'hôpital-Sainte-Christie ( fr ) French Ministry of Education . Retrieved December 20, 2019.
7. ↑ RAVENCERES: L'église de l'Hôpital à Cravencères (32) ( fr ) petit-patrimoine.com. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
8. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved December 20, 2019.
9. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Cravencères (32113) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 20, 2019.
10. ↑ GR® 65, le chemin de Compostelle via le Puy ( fr ) Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre . Retrieved December 20, 2019.
11. ^ Fund Charles Samaran (1896–1982) ( fr ) Service interministériel des archives de France (SIAF). Retrieved December 20, 2019.