Lahitte
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Lahitte La Hita |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Also | |
| Canton | Also-2 | |
| Community association | Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 40 ′ N , 0 ° 41 ′ E | |
| height | 148-240 m | |
| surface | 5.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 247 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 49 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32810 | |
| INSEE code | 32183 | |
 Lahitte |
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Lahitte ( Gaskognisch La Hita ) is a French commune with 247 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement Auch and the municipality of Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne . Its inhabitants call themselves Lahittois / Lahittoises .
geography
Lahitte is located on a plateau around 8 kilometers east-northeast of the city. Also in the east of the Gers department. The community consists of the village of Lahitte, the hamlet of Lasserre and individual farms. In terms of traffic, the community is on the D509. The N124 crosses the south of the municipality, which is a few kilometers east of the N21 .
history
A find in Gausselin bears witness to human settlement as early as Roman times. A castle had existed since the 10th century and was first mentioned by name in 1130. At that time the place belonged to the rule La Hitte. The castle was badly damaged in the wars of religion. One of its towers will later become the church's bell tower. In 1737 a new castle was built elsewhere. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Haut-Armagnac, which was part of the province of Gascogne. The community belonged to the District of Auch from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Lahitte was part of the Canton of Auch from 1793 to 1801. From 1801 to 1973 it was in the canton of Auch-Nord. Then from 1973 to 2015 within the canton of Auch-Nord-Est . The municipality has been assigned to the arrondissement Auch since 1801.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1806 | 1821 | 1846 | 1931 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 158 | 171 | 149 | 219 | 110 | 119 | 134 | 143 | 148 | 182 | 185 | 239 | 266 |
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Attractions
- Castle and garden from 1737
- Saint-André village church , historic monument since 1947
- Commemorative plaque for the fallen
- Grotto with the Sainte-Radegonde fountain
- Ruin of a mill
- three wayside crosses
Web links
- Location of the place in France
- Lahitte on the IGN website
- Saint-André village church
- Brief information about the municipality (French)
- Brief information about the municipality on the website of the tourism association
- Unofficial page from Lahitte with excerpts from the history of the village