Gez (Hautes-Pyrénées)

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Gez
Gès
Coat of arms of Gez
Gez (France)
Signed
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton La Vallée des Gaves
Community association Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates 43 ° 1 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 1 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  E
height 518-1,004 m
surface 3.89 km 2
Residents 327 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 84 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65400
INSEE code 65202

Gez ( Gaskognisch Gès ) is a French commune with 327 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves . The residents call themselves Gézois (es) .

location

Gez is located in the southwest of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 29 km (as the crow flies) southwest of Tarbes . The highest point in the municipality is the Castet Sarrazi mountain west of the village. Large parts of the municipality are forested.

The community consists of the village of Gez, several hamlets and a few individual farms.

Neighboring municipalities are Sère-en-Lavedan in the north, Ouzous and Ayzac-Ost in the northeast, Argelès-Gazost in the east and southeast, Arras-en-Lavedan in the south and southwest and Salles in the northwest.

history

In the early Middle Ages the rulership changed frequently (Visigoths, Basques, Franks, Saracens). After that, the place was under the rule of the Kingdom of Aquitaine and the Duchy of Gascony for centuries. From 900 to 1609 there was a county of Bigorre within the aforementioned areas. During the Hundred Years War , Arras-en-Lavedan was sometimes under English, sometimes under French rule. From 1425 to 1609 the place belonged as part of the county of Bigorre to the county of Foix, which is only loosely connected to France . Because the last ruler of this county, King Henry III. of Navarre from the House of Bourbon, in 1589 ascended the throne of France (as Henry IV.), the places in the region were crown domains from 1609 to 1789. The municipality belonged to the District of Argelès from 1793 to 1801. It was also part of the canton of Argelès-Gazost from 1793 to 2015 . With the exception of the years 1926 to 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères), Gez was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost since 1801. First indirect mention of Gez as a Garsia de Jes in the 11th century in the copial book of Saint-Savin. The municipality is part of the historical Lavedan landscape (also known as the Pays des Sept Vallées ).

Population development

year 1793 1806 1821 1836 1911 1921 1946 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 404 285 388 408 318 280 194 220 222 204 216 215 233 261 319
Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area

The number of residents has declined since 1793 due to emigration, the fallen in World War I and the flu wave of 1918/1919. The lowest population figures come from the post-war period.

Attractions

  • Saint-Germé village church
  • Memorial to the Fallen

  • Look at Gez

  • Town Hall (Mairie) by Gez

  • Saint-Germé village church

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen