Les Angles (Hautes-Pyrénées)

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Les Angles
Coat of arms of Les Angles
Les Angles (France)
Les Angles
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton Lourdes-2
Community association Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 5 '  N , 0 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 5 '  N , 0 ° 0'  E
height 407-647 m
surface 3.10 km 2
Residents 126 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 41 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65100
INSEE code

View of the center of Les Angles

Les Angles is a French commune with 126 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the Lourdes-2 canton (until 2015: Lourdes-Est canton ).

The inhabitants are called Anglesois and Anglesoises .

geography

Les Angles is located about five kilometers east-southeast of Lourdes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre .

Les Angles is surrounded by the seven neighboring municipalities:

Lézignan Arcizac-ez-Angles
Jarret Neighboring communities Gez-ez-Angles
Artigues Sère-Lanso Arrodets-ez-Angles

Les Angles is located in the catchment area of the Adour River . The Échez , one of its tributaries, crosses the territory of the municipality together with its tributary, the Ruisseau des Moulettes.

The Échez at Les Angles
Mayor's Office ( Mairie )

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Eths Angles. It comes from the Latin angulus and the Occitan angle ( German  corner, angle ). The topographical reference is unclear here.

The nickname of the residents of the community is Eths guitons ( German  the ducks ).

Toponyms and mentions of Les Angles were:

  • Augerius de Angulis (against 1110 Kopialbücher the county Bigorre)
  • Auger dels Angles and Auger de Angles (around 1125, Copial Books of the County of Bigorre),
  • Aner Sancius deus Ancles (1145, copial books of the Abbey of Saint-Savin-en-Lavedan ),
  • terra dels Ancles (1285, census of the nobility in Bigorre),
  • deus Ancles (1338 and 1384, copial book of the Viscounts of Lavedan , called Livre vert de Bénac ),
  • deus Incles (1405, Livre vert de Bénac ),
  • loc deus Ancles and os Ancles (1429, Bigorre census),
  • Aux Ancles (1541, Archives of the Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques B1010),
  • les Angles (1750, map by Cassini ),
  • Lesangles (1790, Department 1),
  • Lous Angles (1790, Department 2),
  • Angles (1793, Notice Communale ),
  • Lousangles (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After the records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a high of around 370 in the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to this day, with short recovery periods.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 162 151 130 134 145 141 129 125 126
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Etienne

Parish Church of Saint-Etienne

It was built in the 17th and 18th centuries. On one corner of the building is a monogram of Christ that belonged to an earlier chapel . The church has a bell gable and a polygonal apse . At the back of the bell gable, a staircase gives access to the bells. The side chapel inside the church is dedicated to St. Catherine . Your altarpiece dates from the 18th century.

Numerous pieces of equipment have been inscribed as Monument historique since December 19, 2002 :

  • the wall cladding of the choir and the benches of the celebrants made of walnut
  • the retable of the main altar with its three reliefs , the tabernacle with its two reliefs, ten statues and six candlesticks, from the 18th century. One of the reliefs shows the scene of the stoning of St. Stephen , another the condemnation of St. Stephen. The reliefs of the tabernacle commemorate the birth of Christ and the flight into Egypt .
  • an oil painting from the end of the 17th or the beginning of the 18th century depicting the Ascension of Christ
  • two statues made of painted and gilded wood from the 18th century with representations of angels . They stand on both sides at the entrance to the choir and are works from the workshop of the brothers Marc and Jean Ferrère.
  • two statues made of painted and gilded wood from the 18th century with the representations of St. Catherine and the patron saint of the community and the church, St. Stephen.
  • a wooden confessional from the 18th century
  • a lecture cross made of gilded wood from the 18th century.
Ruins of the castle of the Barons of Les Angles

Ruins of the castle of the Barons of Les Angles

It was built in the ninth century and sits enthroned on a hill above the village. In the 15th century it was abandoned by the barons of Les Angles and left to decay. The manorial rule of the Baronate of Les Angles lasted for centuries from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution . It was owned by the Les Angles family until 1310, the Armagnac family in 1377 and finally by Roux de Gaubert from 1734 to 1789.

Today only one structure remains at the entrance of the former complex and the keep , which was partially collapsed. In 1980 a private person bought the parcel and the ruins on it and had the keep rebuilt true to the original. The former residential building is now the office for the vacation rentals.

Mill La môle du castet

Mill La môle du castet

The watermill belonged to the barons of Les Angles, who carried out the mill compulsion with it , which meant that they had the sole right to build and operate the mill and that all farmers had to have their grain milled there. This small mill is located above the Échez and was built in 1734 at the foot of the castle. With the French Revolution, the mill shelf went out and the mill was sold as a national good. It passed through several hands and was restored in 1829 and 1849. Her water wheel was spinning until 1985 when she was abandoned. The municipality bought it in 2001 in order to restore it again, including the inflow and the machinery. Today she has a grinder for wheat and one for corn.

Economy and Infrastructure

Noir de Bigorre ham

Les Angles is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 10

traffic

Les Angles is crossed by Route départementale 7.

Web links

Commons : Les Angles  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. Aire urbaine de Lourdes (242) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  3. Ma commune: Les Angles ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Angles (Les) ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. a b Notice Communale Les Angles ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  7. Populations légales 2016 Commune des Angles (65011) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  8. Les Angles ( fr ) Patrimoines Lourdes Gavarnie. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  9. église Saint-Etienne ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  10. Château des Angles ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  11. Moulin du La môle casts ( fr ) Regional Tourism Committee Occitanie. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  12. Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  13. Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune des Angles (65011) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 26, 2019.