Goudon

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Goudon
Goudon Coat of Arms
Goudon (France)
Goudon
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses
Community association Communes des Coteaux du Val d'Arros
Coordinates 43 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 14 ′  E
height 219-410 m
surface 7.53 km 2
Residents 231 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 31 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65190
INSEE code 65206

View of the center of Goudon

Goudon is a French commune with 231 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 La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses (until 2015: canton of Tournay ).

The inhabitants are called Goudonais and Goudonaises .

geography

Goudon is located about 13 kilometers east of Tarbes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic province of Bigorre .

Goudon is surrounded by the seven neighboring communities:

Marquerie Cabanac Thuy
Coussan Neighboring communities Peyriguère
Gonez Moulédous

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a high of around 550 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community decreased with short recovery phases to the lowest level of 175 inhabitants by the 1960s, before a phase with moderate Growth began and continues to this day.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 190 175 189 209 225 217 228 227 231
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011
Parish Church of Saint Martin

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint Martin

Economy and Infrastructure

Goudon is in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
Total = 12

education

The municipality has a public pre-school with 17 students in the 2019/2020 school year.

traffic

Goudon is crossed by Routes départementales 14, 20 and 21.

Personalities

Sixte Vignon was born on January 5, 1912 in Dijon , died on June 7, 1944 in Goudon. As a member of the Resistance with the rank of commander, he was fatally wounded in a battle with units of German occupation troops .

Web links

Commons : Goudon  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Informations sur la commune de Goudon ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Tarbes (072) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Notice Communale Goudon ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Goudon (65206) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  5. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Goudon (65206) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  7. ^ École maternelle ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  8. ^ José Cubero: Les Hautes-Pyrénées dans la guerre ( fr ) Éditions Cairn. 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2019.