Fontrailles
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
Arrondissement | Tarbes | |
Canton | Les Coteaux | |
Community association | Communes du Pays de Trie et du Magnoac | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 21 ′ E | |
height | 211-378 m | |
surface | 8.99 km 2 | |
Residents | 151 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 65220 | |
INSEE code | 65177 | |
Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Fontrailles |
Fontrailles is a French commune with 151 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 Tarbes and the canton of Les Coteaux (until 2015: canton of Trie-sur-Baïse ).
The inhabitants are called Fontraillais and Fontraillaises .
geography
Fontrailles is located about 26 kilometers northeast of Tarbes in the historic county of Bigorre on the northern border with the neighboring Gers department .
Fontrailles is surrounded by the seven neighboring communities:
Sarraguzan ( Gers Department ) |
Manas-Bastanous (Gers department) |
Barcugnan (Gers Department) |
Bernadets debate |
Duffort (Gers department) |
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Trie-sur-Baïse | Sadournin |
Population development
After records began, the number of inhabitants rose to highs of around 505 each in the middle of the 19th century and again in the second half of the same century. In the following period, the size of the community decreased with short recovery phases until the second decade of the 21st century 140 inhabitants.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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Residents | 215 | 211 | 172 | 153 | 146 | 147 | 151 | 140 | 151 |
Attractions
- Parish church of Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste from the 17th to 18th centuries with two side chapels
- Saint-Roch chapel from the 18th or 19th century
Economy and Infrastructure
Fontrailles is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .
traffic
Fontrailles is crossed by Routes départementales 17 (Gers: 3), 39 (Gers: 211), 40, 239 and 939, the former Route nationale 639 .
Personalities
Louis d'Astarac de Fontrailles, born around 1605 in Gascony , died on July 15, 1677, was Margrave of Marestang and Viscount of Fontrailles. He participated in the Cinq Mars conspiracy against Cardinal Richelieu in 1642, in the Cabale des Importants in 1643 against Jules Mazarin and later in the Fronde . He then retired to his fiefdom and wrote his memoirs, which in particular illuminate his role in the Cinq Mars conspiracy and appeared in 1663.
Web links
- Website of the Working Group of Noir de Bigorre (French)
- Fontrailles on the Pays de Trie et Magnoac Tourist Office website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ Notice Communale Fontrailles ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Fontrailles (65177) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Fontrailles (65177) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ Louis d'Astarac de Fontrailles (160. – 1677) . Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ Louis d'Astarac, vicomte de Fontrailles ( fr ) Éditions Larousse . Retrieved November 14, 2019.