Lugagnan
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost | |
Canton | Lourdes-2 | |
Community association | Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 4 ′ N , 0 ° 2 ′ W | |
height | 380-575 m | |
surface | 0.70 km 2 | |
Residents | 136 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 194 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 65100 | |
INSEE code | 65291 | |
Website | Lugagnan | |
View of the center of Lugagnan |
Lugagnan is a French commune with 136 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 Lugagnacais and Lugagnacaises .
geography
Lugagnan is located about four kilometers south of Lourdes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre .
Lugagnan is surrounded by the five neighboring communities:
Aspin-en-Lavedan | Lourdes | |
Viger | Saint-Créac | |
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Population development
After the records began, the population rose to a high of around 190 by the end of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to a low of around 120 inhabitants with brief recovery phases by the 1930s. A growth phase followed until the 1990s, when the number of residents rose to around 175. Since then, the size of the community has stagnated to this day.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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Residents | 163 | 165 | 158 | 143 | 173 | 171 | 165 | 154 | 136 |
Attractions
Parish Church of Saint-Saturnin
The inconspicuous little country church was built in 1724, as the inscription on a dry stone of marble is at the entrance. It has a single nave and a distinctive asymmetrical bell gable with two recesses for the bells. It is secured by a massive buttress on which a tower clock is suspended. The niche above the entrance houses a statue of the patron saint , Saint Saturninus of Toulouse , which is protected with a glass. In 2013 the church was completely restored. On this occasion, the earlier large tower clock, which no longer ran, was replaced by a smaller one.
The interior of the church is embellished with paneling and pulpit . The main altar, made of local stones, is the work of Voldoire from Lourdes. It is framed by two statues, one with Mary with baby Jesus , the other with Saint Saturninus. The holy water stoup shows the shape typical for the area with a closure made of convex wooden flaps. The church's modern stained glass windows were created by a local artist. One shows the representation of Saint Michael Garicoit . Inside the confessional from the 18th century, a wooden panel painting from the 17th or 18th century was discovered during the restoration, depicting St. Saturninus, which until then served as a partition. It has been inscribed as a Monument historique since May 25, 2012 .
Economy and Infrastructure
Lugagnan is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .
traffic
Lugagnan can be reached via Routes départementales 13, 26, 713 and 821, the former Route nationale 21 .
The commune is also connected to other communes in the department by a line on the Lignes intermodales d'Occitanie bus network from Tarbes to Gavarnie-Gèdre .
Web links
- Website of the Working Group of Noir de Bigorre (French)
- Website of the Lignes intermodales d'Occitanie (LIO) bus network (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Information commune de Lugagnan ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ↑ Aire urbaine de Lourdes (242) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ↑ Notice Communale Lugagnan ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Lugagnan (65291) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ↑ Lugagnan ( fr ) Patrimoines Lourdes Gavarnie. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ Panneau peint: Saint Saturnin ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Lugagnan (65291) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 2, 2019.