Labrihe

Labrihe
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Gimone Arrats
Community association	Bastides de Lomagne
Coordinates	43 ° 46 ' N , 0 ° 53' E Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ' N , 0 ° 53' E
height	115-184 m
surface	9.44 km 2
Residents	209 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32120
INSEE code	32173
Website	Labrihe
	; Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Labrihe

Labrihe is a French commune with 209 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Condom (until 2016: Arrondissement Auch ) and the canton Gimone-Arrats (until 2015: Canton Mauvezin ).

The inhabitants are called Labrigeois and Labrigeoises .

geography

Labrihe is about 27 kilometers northeast of Auch in the historic province of Armagnac on the eastern edge of the department.

Labrihe is surrounded by the five neighboring communities:

Monfort	Solomiac
		Sarrant
Mauvezin		Saint-Georges

Waters

Labrihe lies in the catchment area of the Garonne River .

The Arrats , one of its left tributaries, crosses the western municipality from south to north. The Ruisseau de la Barage flows into the Arrats at Labrihe as a left tributary. The Gimone , another left tributary of the Garonne, forms the natural border with the neighboring municipalities of Sarrant and Saint-Georges to the east.

history

Labrihe is mentioned in the copy book of the Gimont monastery , whose monks founded the Franqueville barn in 1151.

In 1822 the former municipality of Bouvées was incorporated.

Population development

With the incorporation of Bouvées, the number of inhabitants rose to a high of around 515. In the following period, the size of the community fell with interim recovery phases until the 1990s to its lowest level of around 135 inhabitants, before a phase of growth began that continues today.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	181	152	142	145	136	150	187	203	209

until 1821 without residents of Bouvées
From 1962 official figures without residents with second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Bouvées Castle

It was built from 1530 to 1560 by Monseigneur de Saint-Julien, Bishop of Aire-sur-Adour , on the ruins of an earlier building. The building was sold as a national good during the French Revolution . It consisted of three wings that delimited an inner courtyard and were flanked at the corners by round towers. Only the eastern and southern wings are preserved, as are the agricultural stables, which are secured by the old walls and reflect the original arrangement. Of the towers, only the south-east and traces of the south-west remain. The dovecote was built on the foundations of a tower. A section of the ruined wall near the apse of the side chapels indicates the old gate that gave access to the inner courtyard. A round tower with four levels is attached to the chapel. A vaulted cellar in the basement made it possible to monitor the area through a series of observation holes. Inside the castle there are chimneys from the 15th and 18th centuries, terracotta paving , beamed ceilings and exposed beams. Facades and roofs, round walls, places of the former moat, the chapel, the two round towers, the two spiral staircases and the dovecote have been classified as Monument historique since October 11, 1990 .

Labrihe Castle

Like the castle of Bouvées, it was built by Monseigneur de Saint-Julien at the end of the 16th century on the ruins of a previous building. The land of Labrihe was sold by the Preissac family to Melchior François Reversac de Celez in the 18th century and then passed to the Saint-Blanquat family. Today the castle is privately owned.