Lannemaignan
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Lannemaignan Lanamanhan |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Condom | |
| Canton | Grand-Bas-Armagnac | |
| Community association | Grand Armagnac | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 54 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | |
| height | 59-116 m | |
| surface | 8.58 km 2 | |
| Residents | 109 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 13 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32240 | |
| INSEE code | 32189 | |
Lannemaignan ( Gascon Lanamanhan ) is a French municipality with 109 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania (until 2018 Midi-Pyrenees ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the Grand Armagnac community association founded in 1999 . The residents call themselves Lannemaignanais .
geography
The municipality of Lannemaignan is located in the Armagnac countryside in the extreme northwest of the Gers department, about 37 kilometers east of Mont-de-Marsan and 73 kilometers northwest of Auch . In the north, west and south, the municipality borders on the Landes department . The Midou flows through the municipality and here describes an arc that stretches far north. The landscape of the 8.58 km² municipal area is divided into two parts: in the south-western half, alluvial forest predominates in the flat Midoutal, in the north-eastern half a few hills exceed the 100-meter contour line. Here the landscape shows an alternation of fields, meadows, small wooded areas, vines and reservoirs. The center of the hamlet of Lannemaignan is at the highest point in the municipality at 116 m above sea level. The community consists of numerous hamlets and several individual farms. The largest hamlets are Lannemaignan, Bel-Air, Bilan, Basque, Baraillon, Matalin, Tachouzin, Cardayre, Lahéougère, Téoulérot and Poutéou . Lannemaignan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Labastide-d'Armagnac (Landes) in the north, Mauléon-d'Armagnac in the east, Castex-d'Armagnac in the southeast, Montégut (Landes) in the south, Arthez-d'Armagnac (Landes) ) and Le Frêche (Landes department) in the northwest.
Place name
Translated from the Gascon language, Lannemaignan means "The Crescent", which, by the way, also applies to the town of Lannemezan to the south-west .
In 1801 the municipality was called Lanne-Meignan .
1837, the community was Tachouzin amalgamated with Lannemaignan.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2016 |
| Residents | 225 | 200 | 155 | 132 | 118 | 104 | 105 | 110 |
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Culture and sights
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church with octagonal, slate-roofed tower, monument historique since 1979
- Floor cross
- Ancien Moulin de Lacaze , former watermill on the Bidou
Economy and Infrastructure
Aperitif Floc de Gascogne
Armagnac brandy
Vineyards can be found around the sub-locations Bel-Air, Lannemaignan, Téoulérot, Bellevue, Tachouzin and Caillouet. They are part of the Sod-Ouest wine-growing region . It mainly produces wines for the production of Armagnac and Floc de Gascogne . Lannemaignan has three winemakers and eight other farms (cultivation of grain, pulses and oilseeds).
The main road D 154 from Arthez-d'Armagnac to Monclar runs through the northeast of the municipality of Lannemaignan . The next motorway junction is about 17 kilometers to the west, near Mont-de-Marsan , on the A 65 autoroute from Langon to Pau .
supporting documents
- ^ Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing: "Dictionnaire étymologique des Noms de Lieux en France", Librairie Guénégaud, reedicion 1984, p. 379
- ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Tachouzin on cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Lannemaignan on cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Lannemaignan on INSEE
- ^ Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste on pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved January 2, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Farms and winemakers on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
