Gimbrède
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Gimbrède Gimbreda |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Condom | |
| Canton | Lectoure-Lomagne | |
| Community association | Lomagne Gersoise | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 2 ' N , 0 ° 43' E | |
| height | 72-221 m | |
| surface | 24.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 283 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32340 | |
| INSEE code | 32146 | |
Gimbrède ( Gaskognisch Gimbreda ) is a French commune with 283 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the municipality association Lomagne Gersoise . Its inhabitants call themselves Gimbrédois / Gimbrédoises .
geography
Gimbrède is located on a slope around 45 kilometers north-northeast of the city Auch in the very north of the Gers department. The community consists of the village of Gimbrède, several hamlets and numerous individual farms. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D561 several kilometers south of the A62 .
history
The place is in the Brulhois , which was a vice-county in the Middle Ages. The parishes belonged to the District Lectoure from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Gimbrède and Rouillac were within the canton of Miradoux from 1793 to 2015 . The parish was assigned to the Arrondissement of Lectoure from 1801 to 1926. This was dissolved in 1926 and the municipality part of the Condom arrondissement. In 1823 the previously independent municipality of Rouillac (also Rouilhac; 1821: 188 inhabitants) was incorporated.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1836 | 1921 | 1936 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 975 | 865 | 1,001 | 1.004 | 510 | 564 | 409 | 365 | 315 | 292 | 285 | 287 | 317 | 304 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area | ||||||||||||||
Attractions
- Castle Château de Rouillac from the 14th century
- Saint-Georges village church in Gimbrède
- Saint-Jacques Chapel in Rouillac, historic monument since 1990
- former commander of the Templars
- Memorial to the Fallen
- several wayside crosses and statues of the Madonna
- Lavoir (wash house)
