Leboulin
Leboulin Lo Bolin |
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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 ° 40 ′ E | |
height | 124-258 m | |
surface | 8.91 km 2 | |
Residents | 346 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 32810 | |
INSEE code | 32207 | |
Village chapel de la Transfiguration |
Leboulin ( Gascon Lo Bolin ) is a French commune with 346 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the arrondissement Auch and the municipality of Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne . Its inhabitants call themselves Leboulinois / Leboulinoises .
geography
Leboulin is about 6 kilometers northeast of the city. Also in the east of the Gers department. The community consists of several settlements and hamlets as well as individual farmsteads. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D175 north of the N124 and a few kilometers east of the N21 .
history
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. Leboulin was also 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 | 1886 | 1931 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
Residents | 233 | 246 | 165 | 184 | 170 | 120 | 176 | 238 | 285 | 290 | 355 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Castle with village chapel de la Transfiguration (also castle chapel) in Le Château (privately owned castle)
- old farmhouses
- Memorial to the Fallen
- Stele in memory of an incident in the Second World War that left three dead on the part of the Resistance
- Ruins of a tower and a windmill
- a wayside cross in Gavachon and at the chapel
Web links
- Location of the place in France
- Leboulin on the IGN website
- Village chapel
- Brief information about the municipality (French)
- Brief information about the municipality on the website of the tourism association