Lagardère
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Lagardère La Güardèra |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Condom | |
| Canton | Baïse-Armagnac | |
| Community association | Communauté de communes de la Ténarèze | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 50 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ E | |
| height | 118-222 m | |
| surface | 4.95 km 2 | |
| Residents | 78 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32310 | |
| INSEE code | 32178 | |
 Ruins of the Château de Lagardère castle |
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Lagardère ( Gascon : La Güardèra) is a French municipality with 78 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania (2015 Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the municipality of Ténarèze . The residents call themselves Lagarderois / Lagarderoises .
geography
Lagardère is around 14 kilometers southwest of Condom and 30 kilometers northwest of Auch in the north of the Gers department. The community consists of hamlets, numerous scattered settlements and individual farmsteads.
Neighboring municipalities are Valence-sur-Baïse in the north and northeast, Beaucaire in the east, Bezolles in the southeast, Roques in the southwest and west and Gondrin in the northwest.
history
In the Middle Ages, the Counts of Armagnac handed over the administration to Condom Abbey. This built a castle around 1270, of which a ruin still stands today. Before 1789 the municipality belonged to the county of Vic-Fezensac within Gascony . Lagardère was part of the District Condom from 1793 to 1801. Since 1801, the community has been assigned to the Condom arrondissement. Lagardère was part of the canton of Valence-sur-Baïse from 1793 to 2015 .
Population development
The community shows a development typical of French rural communities with a strong loss of population since the early 19th century. Between 1793 and 1841 the population grew rapidly. This was followed by a period of strong population fluctuations with several waves of emigration and growth phases until 1911. Between 1921 and 1962 the number of inhabitants changed only insignificantly. In 1999 the population reached its all-time low (1841–1999: -79 percent). Since then it has been growing again.
| year | 1793 | 1841 | 1846 | 1911 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 175 | 262 | 165 | 142 | 104 | 81 | 81 | 75 | 58 | 55 | 67 | 70 | 76 |
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Attractions
- Ruins of Château de Lagardère from the 13th century; Monument historique since 1922
- Saint Laurent Church
- Memorial to the Fallen
Web links
- Lagardère on the IGN side
- Saint Laurent Church
- Location of the place and brief information
- The municipality on the side of the municipal association
- Sights of Lagardère on Le Patrimoine rural du Gers ( page no longer available )