Marsolan

Marsolan ; Marçolan
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Lectoure-Lomagne
Community association	Lomagne Gersoise
Coordinates	43 ° 57 ' N , 0 ° 32' E Coordinates: 43 ° 57 ' N , 0 ° 32' E
height	87-214 m
surface	26.14 km 2
Residents	458 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32700
INSEE code	32239
	; Tower of the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire church

Marsolan ( Gaskognisch Marçolan ) is a French commune with 458 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the municipality association Lomagne Gersoise . Its inhabitants are called Marsolanais / Marsolanaises .

geography

Marsolan is located around 33 kilometers north of the city Auch in the north of the Gers department. In terms of traffic, the municipality is on the D653 away from major long-distance traffic routes.

history

The place is in Lomagne , which was a vice-county in the Middle Ages. The community belonged to the District Lectoure from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Marsolan was within the canton of Lectoure from 1793 to 2015 . The parish was assigned to the Arrondissement of Lectoure from 1801 to 1926. This was dissolved in 1926 and the municipality part of the Condom arrondissement.

Population development

year	1793	1806	1831	1911	1921	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	1250	1323	1304	714	612	591	520	481	387	342	384	388	425	458
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire village church

Church Saint-Georges

Chapel of Sainte Quitterie in Tressens

Memorial to the Fallen

Fountain from Roman times

Lavoir (wash house)

numerous wayside crosses

The Lectoure - Condom section of the French Camino de Santiago Via Podiensis runs through the municipality .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Sights of the community
↑ Memorial to the Fallen
^ Bettina Forst: French Way of St. James. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich (recte: Ottobrunn) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4350-8 ( Rother hiking guide ). P. 131

Way of St. James " Via Podiensis "

← Previous location: Lectoure 8 km | Marsolan | Next town: La Romieu 8.5 km →

[1] Sights of the community

[2] Memorial to the Fallen

[3] Bettina Forst: French Way of St. James. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich (recte: Ottobrunn) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4350-8 ( Rother hiking guide ). P. 131