Engomer

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Engomer
Angomèr
Engomer (France)
Engomer
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Saint-Girons
Canton Couserans Ouest
Community association Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates 42 ° 57 '  N , 1 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 57 '  N , 1 ° 4'  E
height 448-1,120 m
surface 7.60 km 2
Residents 297 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09800
INSEE code 09111

Engomer with the lez

Engomer ( Occitan : Angomèr ) is a French commune with 297 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , to the association of municipalities Couserans-Pyrénées and to the canton of Couserans Ouest (until 2015: canton of Castillon-en-Couserans ). The inhabitants are called Engomerois / Engomeroises .

geography

Engomer is located around 80 kilometers south-southwest of the city of Toulouse in the west of the Ariège department. The municipality consists of the village of Engomer, the hamlets of Astien, Douns, Loutrein and Vignau , scattered settlements and individual farms. Douns, Engomer and Vignau are on the Lez river . Engomer is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are mountainous and forested. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D618 far away from any major national traffic connections.

Engomer is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Moulis in the northeast and east, Castillon-en-Couserans in the southeast and south, Cescau in the southwest and west and Balaguères in the west and northwest.

history

In the Middle Ages, the place was within the province of Couserans, which in turn was part of the province of Gascony. The parish was part of the Saint-Girons district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Engomer was from 1793 to 1801 and from 1806 to 2015 within the canton of Canton Castillon-en-Couserans . From 1801 to 1806 it was part of the canton of Saint-Girons. The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801. The municipality of Engomer was created in its current form between 1790 and 1794 through the merger of the previous municipalities of Astia and Engomer.

Population development

year 1793 1800 1841 1921 1936 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 738 640 964 512 510 366 326 318 321 293 257 273 279
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church Saint-Saturnin in Engomer 19th century
  • Saint-Michel chapel in Loutrein from the 15th century, designated as a monument historique since 1995
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • two wayside crosses
  • old watermill
  • More Attractions

Web links

Commons : Engomer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  2. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
  3. ↑ Description in Palissy (French)