Lescure

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Lescure
Era Escura
Lescure Coat of Arms
Lescure (France)
Lescure
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Saint-Girons
Canton Couserans Est
Community association Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 14 ′  E
height 410-820 m
surface 25.80 km 2
Residents 499 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09420
INSEE code 09164
Website http://lescure.wixsite.com/mairie-lescure

Ruins of the Notre-Dame church in Noguès

Lescure ( Occitan : Era Escura ) is a French commune with 499 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , the association of municipalities Couserans-Pyrénées and the canton of Couserans Est (until 2015: canton of Saint-Girons ). The inhabitants are called Escurois / Escuroises .

geography

Lescure is located around 69 kilometers south-southwest of the city of Toulouse in the west of the Ariège department. The community consists of the village of Lescure, numerous hamlets and scattered settlements as well as individual farms. The village of Lescure is located on a hill on the Baup River . Lescure is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are mountainous and forested. The highest point is the Col du Clot du Pau in the southeast of the municipality. The D117 from Foix to Tarbes runs through the municipality.

Lescure is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Camarade in the north, Clermont in the northeast, Rimont in the east and southeast, Rivèrenert in the south, Montjoie-en-Couserans in the southwest and west and Montesquieu-Avantès in the northwest.

history

Finds from the Gallo-Roman period prove an early settlement. The parish is first mentioned as La Escura in 1183, a church Saint-Michel in 1195 and a castle (castrum) in 1276. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the province of Couserans, which in turn was part of the province of Gascony. The parish was part of the Saint-Girons district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Lescure was in the canton of Rimont from 1793 to 1801 and within the canton of Saint-Girons from 1801 to 2015 . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801. Lescure reached its current expansion between 1790 and 1794 with the union of Lescure and Saint Jean Dulcet.

Population development

year 1793 1800 1836 1851 1861 1886 1911 1921 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 1,443 1,425 1,775 1,701 1,362 1,516 1,020 844 512 451 387 385 388 461 492 501
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • former castle
  • Church Église de la Nativité-de-Notre-Dame in Lesure
  • Church Saint-Jean in Serre de Saint-Jean
  • Ruins of the Notre-Dame church from the 12th century in Noguès, a monument historique since 2012
  • Memorial to the Fallen

Web links

Commons : Lescure (Ariège)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La Bielo de Lescure Castle
  2. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  3. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen