Maignaut-Tauzia

Maignaut-Tauzia ; Manhaut e Tausiar
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Baïse-Armagnac
Community association	La Ténarèze
Coordinates	43 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 24' E Coordinates: 43 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 24' E
height	75-173 m
surface	11.14 km 2
Residents	260 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32310
INSEE code	32224
Website	http://www.maignaut-tauzia.com/
	; Aerial view of Maignaut

Maignaut-Tauzia ( Gascon : Manhaut e Tausiar) is a French municipality with 260 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania (2015 Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the commune association La Ténarèze . The residents call themselves Maignautois / Maignautoises .

geography

Maignaut-Tauzia is about 8 kilometers southeast of Condom and 30 northwest of Auch in the Ténarèze landscape in the north of the Gers department. The community consists of the town of Maignaut, numerous scattered settlements and individual farmsteads. There are numerous vineyards that belong to the Ténarèze viticole region .

Neighboring municipalities are Condom and Béraut in the north, Saint-Orens-Pouy-Petit in the northeast, Saint-Puy in the east and southeast, Mont-d'Astarac in the south, Valence-sur-Baïse in the southwest and west, and Cassaigne in the northwest.

history

Excavations have uncovered the remains of an 11th century fortress. In the Middle Ages Maignaut-Tauzia was within the county Condomois (also called Ténarèze) which is a part of the historic landscape Gascogne was and shared their fate. Maignaut-Tauzia belonged to the District Condom from 1793 to 1801. Since 1801, the municipality has been assigned to the Condom arrondissement and belonged to the canton of Valence-sur-Baïse from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality was created in 1837 through the union of Maignaut (1831: 315 inhabitants) and Tauzia-Grand (1831: 133 inhabitants) to form today's municipality of Maignaut-Tauzia.

Population development

The development of the number of inhabitants is typical for a French rural community. After growth between 1793 and 1821, several waves of emigration followed since 1866. Between 1841 and the low point, the number of residents decreased by 68.7 percent. Since 1982 the population has increased significantly (also) due to the influx of British, German and Dutch people (1982–2016: + 66.9 percent).

year	1793	1821	1841	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2016
Residents	412	451	453	154	169	142	142	195	181	213	220	273
Sources: Cassini, Maignaut-Tauzia Cassini, Tauzia-Grand and INSEE ; From 1793 to 1821, the municipality is already today