Maillas

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Maillas
Malhàs
Maillas (France)
Maillas
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Country
Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan
Canton Haute Lande Armagnac
Community association Landes d'Armagnac
Coordinates 44 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 12 ′  W
height 88-152 m
surface 63.84 km 2
Residents 133 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 2 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 40120
INSEE code 40169

Maillas is a French municipality with 133 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan and the canton of Haute Lande Armagnac (until 2015: canton of Roquefort ).

The name is Malhàs in the Gascognischen language . It is derived from a rich landowner in Gallo-Roman times named Mallius.

The inhabitants are called Maillassais and Maillassaises .

geography

Maillas is located approx. 50 km northeast of Mont-de-Marsan in the historic province of Gascogne on the north-eastern border with the neighboring departments Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne .

Maillas is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Giscos (Gironde)
Captieux (Gironde) Neighboring communities Allons (Lot-et-Garonne)
Bourriot Bergonce Losse

Maillas lies in the catchment area of ​​the Garonne River .

The Ruisseau du Thus, a tributary of the Ciron , rises on the territory of the municipality, as does its tributaries,

  • the Ruisseau de Verrouils,
  • the Luxey and
  • the Ruisseau de Maynias.

history

The remains of a Roman military camp surrounded by trenches and the discovery of coins from the second and third centuries show that the area was settled early.

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a high of 540 by the middle of the 19th century. As a result, the size of the community fell to around 100 with intermittent recovery phases by the turn of the millennium, before a moderate growth phase began.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2017
Residents 234 175 162 127 122 102 115 113 133
From 1962 official figures without residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2010

Attractions

Parish Church of Notre-Dame

The church was probably built in the 13th century in Romanesque style. The square apse can be dated to the 13th or 14th century due to the round arched triple window in the east wall, which was later walled up for an altarpiece in the 18th century . This also applies to the sacrament house , which is embedded in the north wall in the same shape. Two side chapels were added to the north and south around 1500 at the end of the Gothic period . A little later, in the course of the 16th century, a third chapel was built northwest of the nave , as shown by the earlier buttresses that were built into the new structure. A large, connecting arcade was broken from the east wall of the north-western chapel. The church is the only one in the region that was spared from pillage by Protestant troops under the leadership of Captain Thoiras during the Huguenot Wars in 1569 . The later renovations therefore took on a smaller scope. A sacristy was built in this context on the north side and an open vestibule as an extension of the side chapel on the north-western side. In the 18th century, some new windows with rounded lintels were used. Apse, nave and the bell gable are middle brickwork erected, the side bands and the Sakristei of partially plastered quarry stone from limestone . The apse, which is higher than the nave, has a ribbed vault and is supported by two thick buttresses in the east. The nave with a main and a side aisle is equipped with a modern ceiling. The side chapels have ribbed vaults that are supported on warriors .

Some important furnishings from the Ancien Régime are still in the church, such as the monumental altarpiece by an unknown artist from the first half of the 18th century. It consists of three parts bounded by four fluted columns of the Corinthian order . The central oil painting with a height of 2.71 m and a width of 1.96 m shows the representation of the Assumption of Mary into heaven . She is carried by four angels and at the bottom of the picture are the apostles at their empty tomb. The lateral sections of the reredos are furnished with arched niches in which the statues of Saint Babylas and another saint stand. The figures, made of painted wood, both show a bishop with a choir shirt , cassock , miter and a gilded cope . The altar itself was created at a later date around 1800, inspired by the works of the brothers Bernard Virgile and Jacques Antoine Mazzetti. The side altars, which are dedicated to Saint Babylas and the Sacred Heart , are believed to date from the early 19th century. The described and many other items of equipment of the church are registered as national cultural assets.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture is the municipality's most important economic factor.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
Total = 21

traffic

Maillas can be reached via routes départementales 10E16 and 379 and route nationale 524 .

Web links

Commons : Maillas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maillas ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  2. ^ A b Maillas ( fr ) Association of Communauté de communes des Landes d'Armagnac. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ Landes ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ma commune: Maillas ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Notice Communale Maillas ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune de Maillas (40169) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  7. ↑ église paroissiale Notre-Dame ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  8. ↑ le mobilier de l'église paroissiale Notre-Dame ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  9. ↑ retable du maître-autel ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  10. ↑ du tableau du maître-autel retable: Assomption ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  11. ↑ deux statues du retable du maître-autel: Saint Babylas et un saint évêque ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  12. ↑ autel, gradin d'autel et tabernacle du maître-autel ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  13. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Maillas (40169) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 13, 2018.