Juncalas

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Juncalas
Juncalàs
Juncalas Coat of Arms
Juncalas (France)
Juncalas
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton Lourdes-2
Community association Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 3 ′  N , 0 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 3 ′  N , 0 ° 0 ′  E
height 451-876 m
surface 3.51 km 2
Residents 166 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 47 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65100
INSEE code 65237

Mairie Juncalas

Juncalas ( Occitan : Juncalàs ) is a French commune with 166 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées municipal association, founded in 2016 . The inhabitants are called Juncalésiens .

geography

The municipality of Juncalas is located in Lavedan within the Bigorre landscape in the foothills of the Pyrenees , about 30 kilometers south of the city of Tarbes and eight kilometers southeast of the pilgrimage site of Lourdes . The 3.51 km² municipal area of ​​Juncalas includes part of the high valleys of Louey and Nès , which flow down to the Gave de Pau, as well as the slopes and mountain peaks flanking the Louey valley to the north. While the village of Juncalas is 460 m above sea level, the mountains tower over the high valley by over 400 meters. The highest peaks in the Juncalas municipality are called Tucoulet ( 876  m ) and Herrus ( 818  m ). About half of the community area is forested. The hamlet of Les Moulins de Juncalas belongs to the municipality of Juncalas .

Juncalas is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Sère-Lanso in the north, Cheust in the east, Ourdis-Cotdoussan and Gazost in the southeast, Ourdon in the south, Ousté in the west and Saint-Créac and Artigues (point of contact) in the northwest.

  • View from the west of Juncalas

  • View from the northwest to Juncalas

Place name

In 1285 the toponym Iuncalas appeared for the first time . This was followed by the spellings Junqualacz (1313), the Latin de Junqualassio (1319), de Juncalassio (1342) as well as Iumqualas and Iuncalas (1384), before finally the name Juncalas, which is still valid today, with the appearance of the Cassini cards at the end of the 18th century asserted. The name probably goes back to the Occitan word jonc / Latin juncus (= rushes ).

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 236 214 164 148 170 193 183 166
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (Assumption) Church
  • Saint-Roch Chapel (St. Rochus)
  • two wash houses ( lavoirs )

  • Church of the Assumption

  • Chapel of St. Rochus

  • Fallen memorial

  • Lavoir in the village center

  • Lavoir on Rue du Montaigu

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture dominates in Juncalas. There are eight livestock farms in the municipality (cattle, sheep and goats).

Juncalas is a somewhat remote mountain community. The city of Lourdes , eight kilometers away, is a local transport hub on the northern edge of the Pyrenees.

supporting documents

  1. ^ "Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarbes, Conseil Général des Hautes-Pyrénées, 2000" ( Toponymic Dictionary of the Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées ) by Michel Grosclaude and Jean-Francois Le Nail ( ISBN 2-9514810-1-2 )
  2. ↑ Juncalas on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Juncalas on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Juncalas  - Collection of Images