Marambat

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Marambat
Maramvath
Marambat Coat of Arms
Marambat (France)
Marambat
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Also
Canton Fezensac
Community association Artagnan de Fezensac
Coordinates 43 ° 47 '  N , 0 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 47 '  N , 0 ° 19'  E
height 103-224 m
surface 9.70 km 2
Residents 442 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32190
INSEE code 32231

Marambat ( Gascon : Maramvath ) is a French municipality with 442 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the arrondissement Auch and to the community association Communauté de communes d'Artagnan de Fezensac .

geography

Marambat is located around 27 kilometers northwest of the small town. Also in the center of the Gers department and belongs to the Armagnac brandy area .

The municipality of Marambat, which has grown together with Vic-Fezensac, and some farms are part of the municipality.

history

The place is named after a man with the Germanic name Maran . Around the year 1000 a first fortress was built on a motte west of today's village .

After the phylloxera crisis that destroyed the vineyards, many people moved away in the 19th century. The mechanization of agriculture led to further emigration in the 20th century. Marambat historically belongs to the Comté de (Vic-) Fezensac region within Gascony. The place belonged from 1793 to 1801 to the District Condom. Also from 1793 to 1801 to the canton Lannepax, from 1801 to 1843 to the canton Eauze and from 1843 to 2015 to the canton Vic-sur-Losse (later name: canton Vic-Fezensac ).

Population development

year 1793 1806 1846 1946 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 390 461 436 160 177 184 210 281 315 327 373 455
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Mathieu village church
  • Tour porte in the old village center
  • Lavoir (public wash house) in Le Hourmé
  • several crosses in Marambat, at Capot and at Espiet
  • Contained spring at chemin de la fontaine (spring path) on the western edge of the village of Marambat

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief information on Marambat (French)

Web links

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