Leboulin

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Leboulin
Lo Bolin
Leboulin (France)
Leboulin
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Also
Canton Also-2
Community association Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne
Coordinates 43 ° 40 ′  N , 0 ° 40 ′  E 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

Commons : Leboulin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
  2. ^ Sights of the community