Lançon (Hautes-Pyrénées)

Lançon
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton	Neste, Aure and Louron
Community association	Aure Louron
Coordinates	42 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 22' E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 22' E
height	918-1,365 m
surface	2.80 km 2
Residents	32 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65240
INSEE code	65255
	; View of the center of Lançon

Lançon is a French commune with 32 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of Neste, Aure et Louron (until 2015: canton of Arreau ).

The inhabitants are called Lançonnais and Lançonnaises .

geography

Lançon is located about 27 kilometers southeast of Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the historic province of Quatre-Vallées .

Lançon is surrounded by the six neighboring municipalities:

Cadéac	Arreau
Grézian		Cazaux Debat
	Gouaux	Bordères-Louron

The highest point of the municipality is on the summit of Peyre Blanque in the south of the municipality ( 1365 m ).

Lançon is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River . The Ruisseau de Bacarisse, also called Ruisseau de Garenne, rises in the area of the municipality and flows into the Neste in the western neighboring municipality of Grézian .

Fountain in Lançon

Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Lançon

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the municipality is Lançon.

It has its origins in a country estate in antiquity . It is derived from the Latin proper name Lancius or Lantius with the suffix -onem ("Landgut des Lancius" or "Landgut des Lantius").

Toponyms and mentions of Lançon were:

De Lampsono (1387, Church Register des Comminges ),
Lanson (1767, Larcher, Kopialbuch des Comminges),
Lanson , (1750 and 1790, map by Cassini or Département 1),
Lançon (1793, Notice Communale ),
Laucon (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 105 by the first half of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to around 20 inhabitants during short recovery phases by the 1960s, before a phase with moderate growth began which for the most part is still going on.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	20th	18th	19th	27	31	30th	28	36	32

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Parish Church of Sainte-Eulalie

The church, consecrated to St. Eulalia of Mérida , has preserved Romanesque elements from the 12th century, the semicircular choir with a cauldron vault , the transept with a barrel vault and the columns of the main nave. The vault of the main nave and the entrance portal , however, are built in the Gothic style. The main nave, the bell tower and the northern side chapel were built in 1533, as evidenced by the corresponding year on one of the pillars between the chapel and the main nave. The south side chapel was added in the 19th century. The side chapels and the ground floor of the vestibule under the bell tower are provided with a ribbed vault , with the keystones in the vestibule decorated with lilies and the capitals with human heads. The polygonal bell tower with a polygonal helmet is flanked by a round stair tower. The church has been inscribed as a Monument historique since July 20, 1979 .