Margouët-Meymes
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Margouët-Meymes Margoèt e Mèimers |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Mirande | |
| Canton | Adour-Gersoise | |
| Community association | Armagnac Adour | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 44 ' N , 0 ° 6' E | |
| height | 130-221 m | |
| surface | 17.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 176 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32290 | |
| INSEE code | 32235 | |
Margouët-Meymes ( Gascon : Margoèt e Mèimers ) is a French municipality with 176 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande .
geography
Margouët-Meymes is about 40 kilometers (as the crow flies) west-northwest of the city. Also in the west of the Gers department and belongs to the Côtes de Saint-Mont wine-growing region and the Armagnac brandy region . Numerous bodies of water originate or cross the municipal area. Most important is the Douze river . There are also several dams in the municipal area. Route Nationale 124 passes a few kilometers north of the municipality . The closest bus stop is Dému on line 934 Auch - Mont-de-Marsan.
Margouët-Meymes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Séailles in the north, Dému in the northeast, Castillon-Debats in the east, Lupiac in the southeast, Aignan in the south and west and Avéron-Bergelle in the northwest.
history
The municipality is historically located within Gascony and belongs to the Bas-Armagnac region . From 1793 to 1801 Margouët-Meymes was part of the Nogaro district. Also from 1793 to 1801 to the canton of Lupiac. After that she was assigned to the canton of Aignan until 2015 . The community changed names several times between 1790 and 1801. First it was called Montagne-la-Douze , then Meymes and has only had its current name since 1801.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1846 | 1856 | 1872 | 1876 | 1936 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 534 | 537 | 560 | 665 | 638 | 722 | 543 | 600 | 503 | 307 | 302 | 302 | 231 | 207 | 185 | 173 | 192 | 176 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste village church in Margouët
- Church of Le Parré
- Ruins of the Lartigole church
- numerous wayside crosses
- two Madonna statues in Margouët and Le Parré
