Maignaut-Tauzia

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Maignaut-Tauzia
Manhaut e Tausiar
Maignaut-Tauzia (France)
Maignaut-Tauzia
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
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

Attractions

  • Castle Château de Maignaut from the 14th to 16th century
  • Castle ruin Château de Tauzia , a monument historique since 1942
  • Gate tower from the 13th century; Restored in 2010
  • Saint-Michel village church
  • Chapel of Auloue (in Le Canonge)
  • Source and grotto of Saint-Maurice
  • two water mills and a ruin of a windmill
  • a pigeon house , a monument historique since 2010
  • four wayside crosses; in the church square, on the D140 west of the village, in Le Pléchat and in Le Canonge
  • two lavoirs (wash houses); southwest of the village and near Lauzit
  • Memorial to the Fallen

Web links

Commons : Maignaut-Tauzia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Description of the Monument historique (French)
  2. Description of the Monument historique (French)
  3. Memorial to the Fallen