Meilhan (Gers)

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Meilhan
Melhan
Meilhan (France)
Meilhan
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Mirande
Canton Astarac gimone
Community association Val de Gers
Coordinates 43 ° 25 '  N , 0 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 25 '  N , 0 ° 41'  E
height 215–329 m
surface 6.82 km 2
Residents 80 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32420
INSEE code 32250

Main street of Meilhan

Meilhan ( Gascon : Melhan) is a French municipality with 80 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania (2015 Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande and the municipal association Val de Gers . The residents call themselves Meilhanais / Meilhanaises .

geography

Meilhan is located around 25 kilometers northwest of Mirande and 26 kilometers southeast of Auch in the south of the Gers department. The community consists of hamlets, numerous scattered settlements and individual farmsteads. The river Lauze crosses the municipality in a northerly direction and in parts forms the eastern municipal boundary.

Neighboring communities are Betcave-Aguin in the north and northeast, Villefranche in the east, Gaujan in the southeast, Monties in the south, Sère in the south and southwest and Bellegarde in the west.

history

The community was founded in the 13th century by Hugues de Cadens as Betouret / Bitornet . In the Middle Ages, the community was within the Kastlanei Villefranche of the County of Astarac in the historic Gascon region and shared its fate. Meilhan belonged to the District of L'Isle Jourdain from 1793 to 1801. From 1801 to 1926 the community was assigned to the Lombez arrondissement. Then Meilhan belonged to the arrondissement Auch from 1926 to 2015. It has been in the Mirande arrondissement since 2015. Meilhan belonged to the canton of Lombez from 1801 to 2015 . On July 7, 1944, the community was the scene of an act of revenge by the German Wehrmacht. This attacked the Maquis with more than 1000 soldiers. 76 of the 93 resistance fighters were killed. The memorial is located in the municipality of Villefranche.

Population development

The population development is typical for a French rural community. The developments between 1793 and 1841 are normal with strong growth and the wave of emigration that has continued to the present day.

year 1793 1841 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 193 310 100 89 83 87 92 80 95 85 81
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • 19th century village church of Saint-Pierre
  • Four wayside crosses
  • Memorial to the Fallen

  • Mairie (Town Hall) of Meilhan

  • Wayside cross in Le Mouton

traffic

The most important regional transport links are the D27 and D283.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen