Jegun

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Jegun
Jigun
Jegun Coat of Arms
Jegun (France)
Jegun
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Also
Canton Gascony Auscitaine
Community association Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne
Coordinates 43 ° 45 '  N , 0 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 45 '  N , 0 ° 28'  E
height 105-242 m
surface 39.25 km 2
Residents 1,144 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32360
INSEE code 32162

Saint-Michel church in Tremblade

Jegun ( Gaskognisch Jigun ) is a French commune with 1,144 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the arrondissement Auch and the canton Gascogne-Auscitaine . Jegun is also a member of the Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne community association founded in 2001 . The inhabitants are called Jegunois (es) .

location

Jegun is located on a hill west of the small river Loustère . The community includes the village, several hamlets and numerous small settlements and individual farms. The place is about 16 kilometers northwest of the small town Auch in the center of the Gers department. The city of Tarbes is around 66 kilometers to the south-west.

history

The bastide was probably built in the 11th century. The castle was built around 1180. In 1577 Heinrich von Navarra besieged the place. The community belonged to the district of Auch from 1793 to 1801. It has been part of the Auch arrondissement since 1801. From 1793 to 2015, the municipality was the capital of the canton of Jegun (sometimes called Jégun).

Population development

year 1793 1800 1831 1881 1911 1921 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 2143 1863 2131 1871 1319 1109 1086 1084 971 949 976 968 1086 1144
Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area

Attractions

  • Castle Château de Lescout
  • Pigeon loft Pigeonnier-porche de Puntis , a monument historique since 1973
  • Sainte-Candide village church , built in the 11th / 12th centuries. Century - renovations in the 15th and 19th centuries
  • Church Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Lezian
  • Church Saint-Michel in Tremblade, since 1979 a monument historique
  • former chapel of Lapeyrette (private property)
  • former monastery of Les Récollets and Notre Dame des Roses
  • Remains of the four city gates
  • old houses in the village center
  • Town hall hall
  • numerous crosses and wayside crosses
  • several lavoirs (wash houses; e.g. in Vassevin)
  • Memorial to the Fallen

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pictures of the sights
  2. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  3. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  4. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen