Mansencôme
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Mansencôme Massencoma |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Condom | |
| Canton | Armagnac-Ténarèze | |
| Community association | La Ténarèze | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 52 ' N , 0 ° 20' E | |
| height | 112-201 m | |
| surface | 4.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 46 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32310 | |
| INSEE code | 32230 | |
 Château de Busca-Maniban castle |
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Mansencôme ( Gaskognisch Massencoma ) is a French commune with 46 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the commune association La Ténarèze . The inhabitants call themselves Mansencômois / Mansencômoises .
geography
Mansencôme is located around 32 kilometers northwest of Auch in the north of the Gers department. The community consists of numerous scattered settlements and individual farmsteads.
Neighboring municipalities are Valence-sur-Baïse in the north, east and south, Gondrin in the west and Mouchan in the north-west and north.
history
In the Middle Ages, Mansencôme was in the county of Vic-Fezensac within the Armagnac region in the historic Gascony region and shared its fate. Mansencôme belonged to the canton of Valence and the District Condom from 1793 to 1801. Since 1801 Mansencôme has been assigned to the Arrondissement Condom and belonged to the Canton Condom from 1801 to 2015 . The municipality of Mansencôme has only existed in its current size since 1836. At that time, the municipalities of Mansencôme (1831: 175 inhabitants) and Busqua (1831: 60 inhabitants) united to form today's municipality.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 110 | 93 | 88 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 68 | 60 | 45 |
| Sources: Cassini, Mansencôme Cassini, Busqua and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-André village church
- Castle chapel of Château de Busca-Maniban
- Cross in the village cemetery
- Stone cross on the village square
- Wayside cross in Liet
- Memorial to the Fallen
Web links
- Mansencôme on the IGN side
- Saint-André village church and chapel
- Location of the place and brief information
- Sights of Mansencôme on Le Patrimoine rural du Gers