Houeillès

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Houeillès
Hoalhés
Houeillès (France)
Houeillès
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Nérac
Canton Les Forêts de Gascogne
Community association Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne
Coordinates 44 ° 12 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 12 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E
height 97-153 m
surface 67.63 km 2
Residents 569 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 47420
INSEE code
Website http: //www.houeillès.fr/

Houeillès ( Occitan : Hoalhés ) is a municipality with 569 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in France in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Nérac and the canton Les Forêts de Gascogne (until 2015: Canton Houeillès ). The inhabitants are called Houeillesais .

geography

Houeillès is about 46 kilometers west of Agen . Houeillès is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sauméjan in the north and northwest, Pompogne in the north, Fargues-sur-Orbise in the east and northeast, Boussès in the south and southeast and Allons in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 757 744 723 708 634 643 640 578
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame fortified church from the 13th century in Houeillès, monument historique since 1925
  • Sainte-Quitterie church in Jautan
  • Remains of towering castles in the villages of Larché and Jautan
Notre-Dame church

Web links

Commons : Houeillès  - Collection of images, videos and audio files