Gaudonville

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Gaudonville
Gaudonville (France)
Gaudonville
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Condom
Canton Fleurance-Lomagne
Community association Bastides de Lomagne
Coordinates 43 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 51'  E
height 121-265 m
surface 7.39 km 2
Residents 111 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32380
INSEE code
Website Gaudonville

Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Gaudonville

Gaudonville is a French commune with 111 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Condom arrondissement and the canton of Fleurance-Lomagne (until 2015: canton of Saint-Clar ).

The inhabitants are called Gaudonvillois and Gaudonvilloises .

geography

Gaudonville is about 40 kilometers east of Condom and about 34 kilometers northeast of Auch in Lomagne in the historic province of Armagnac on the northeastern edge of the department.

Gaudonville is surrounded by the five neighboring communities:

Mauroux Castéron
Avezan Neighboring communities Pessoulens
Tournecoupe

Waters

Gaudonville is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River .

The La Baysole, also called Ruisseau du Bourri, a tributary of the Gimone , crosses the territory of the municipality. Likewise, Gaudonville is irrigated by the Ruisseau de Laftorgue, a tributary of the Lavassère, and its tributary, the Ruisseau des Tujas.

history

In the Middle Ages , the area of ​​today's municipality of Gaudonville was in the county of Lomagne. The church and Gaudonville were mentioned as early as the eleventh century, but the castle was not mentioned until later. The fortified village was founded on a plateau in the 13th century. It was during this period that the gate and the tower that towered over it were built. Even today, the majority of the houses are grouped inside a rectangle that was formed by a former city wall.

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a high of around 475 at the beginning of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to its lowest level of around 100 inhabitants before the first decade of the 21st century, with intermittent recovery phases it stabilized at a level of around 110 inhabitants.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 160 155 129 132 122 103 102 122 111
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Michel

Parish Church of Saint-Michel

It was built in the Middle Ages on a date that cannot be further determined. During the construction of the entrance portal at the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century, the church was rebuilt. It underwent new changes in the 19th century with the overhaul of certain walls and decor inside.

The nave with a main nave is closed off by a flat apse . The west facade ends in a bell gable . An open anteroom protects the entrance portal.

Notre-Dame chapel in the hamlet of Tudet

Vivian II, Viscount of Lomagne, had a small chapel built from black marble for a statue of the Virgin Mary between 1137 and 1152 . The English King Henry II replaced it a few years later with a larger church, whereby the original sanctuary was retained. During the Huguenot Wars , Protestant troops tried to destroy the church and threw the statue of the Virgin into the village well. The statue of Notre Dame de Tudet was worshiped by the population during the great events of history, including the plague epidemic or the Fronde (1648–1653), but also to protect the harvest and from famine.

Presumably with the exception of the choir , the church was rebuilt in the second half of the 15th or in the first half of the 16th century. During the French Revolution , the church was destroyed in 1793. Only the bell tower remains of the church today. The statue of Mary was damaged, brought to Gaudonville and thrown into the fire by the revolutionaries. Then Madame Vigaroux from Gaudonville rescued the statue and buried it in the cemetery.

A new chapel made of Lomagne limestone was built not far from the bell tower of the destroyed church in 1877 and converted into a church in 1898.

City gate with tower

City gate

The former city wall was largely demolished from the 19th century. The city gate and the tower that towers above it are still preserved in height, as is the position of the moats, which remain clearly visible in the topography of the place. It's located at the east entrance of the main drag in central Gaudonville. The upper part of the tower has been redesigned, which is evidenced by the various masonry used.

The almost square tower (approximately 4.5 meters by 5.5 meters) extends over four levels. The passage of the gate is ogival shape . On the first floor, an arched door on the inside of the tower gave access to the upper levels. It was closed with stones from the hole in a door on the north side of the tower at the same height that it replaced. No loopholes or advanced defenses have been identified. The tower is covered with a relatively flat tent roof with a low overhang, which is covered with hollow tiles. The roof is surmounted by a wrought iron structure that supports a bell.

Economy and Infrastructure

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 15

traffic

Gaudonville can be reached via Routes départementales 167 and 251.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Gaudonville  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Gers ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  2. Ma commune: Gaudonville ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  3. ^ Anaïs Comet: Village de Gaudonville ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . October 31, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  4. Notice Communale Gaudonville ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  5. Populations légales 2016 Commune de Gaudonville (32139) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  6. ^ Anaïs Comet: Église paroissiale Saint-Michel ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . May 28, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  7. ^ Chapelle Notre-Dame ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  8. Chapelle Notre-Dame de Tudet ( fr ) Organization of the Fondation du patrimoine. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  9. ^ Anaïs Comet: Fortification d'agglomération ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . May 28, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  10. Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Gaudonville (32139) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  11. Eric Durnez ( fr ) Center de ressources internationales de la scène (CRIS). December 27, 2015. Accessed December 22, 2019.