Gembrie

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Gembrie
Gembria
Gembrie coat of arms
Gembrie (France)
Gembrie
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton La Vallée de la Barousse
Community association Neste Barousse
Coordinates 42 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 35 ′  E
height 497-585 m
surface 1.00 km 2
Residents 77 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 77 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65370
INSEE code

Gembrie ( Gaskognisch Gembria ) is a French commune with 77 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the municipality of Neste Barousse . Its inhabitants call themselves Gembricois / Gembricoises .

geography

Gembrie is located around 49 kilometers southeast of the city of Tarbes in the east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department. The community consists of the village of Gembrie, the hamlet of Le Moulin des Tambourins and a few groups of houses and individual farmsteads. Large parts of the community are forested. The L'Ourse de Ferrère runs through the municipality northwards and partially forms the municipality boundary. In terms of traffic, the municipality is located on the D125, the D424 and the D925.

history

The place is mentioned indirectly (De Gimbria ) by name for the first time in 1387 in the church register of Comminges. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Barousse in the Armagnac region , which in turn was part of the Gascogne province. The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Gembrie was located within the canton of Mauléon-Barousse from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.

Population development

year 1793 1806 1836 1931 1936 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 159 143 213 66 79 50 64 72 60 53 54 75 65 74
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Michel village church with Pietà from the 15th century
  • Memorial to the Fallen

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Memorial to the Fallen