Monbahus

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Monbahus
Coat of arms of Monbahus
Monbahus (France)
Monbahus
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Canton Le Haut Agenais Périgord
Community association Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord
Coordinates 44 ° 33 '  N , 0 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 33 '  N , 0 ° 32'  E
height 67-190 m
surface 31.97 km 2
Residents 596 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 47290
INSEE code 47170
Website monbahus.fr

Monbahus is a French municipality with 596 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and the canton of Le Haut Agenais Périgord (until 2015: canton of Cancon ).

The former name of the village was "Monbaux" in the 13th century. The word "Baux" comes from baussau , which means "rock face".

The inhabitants are called Monbahusiens and Monbahusiennes .

geography

Monbahus is located about 20 kilometers northwest of Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the historic province of Agenais on the northern edge of the department.

Monbahus is surrounded by the eight neighboring communities:

Montignac-de-Lauzun Mon lot
Tombebœuf Neighboring communities Moulinet
Villebramar Montastruc
Pinel-Hauterive 		Beaugas

Monbahus is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River .

The Tolzac is one of its tributaries. It crosses the territory of the municipality along with its tributaries,

  • the Tolzac de Mangane,
  • the Ruisseau de Salembert, which rises in Monbahus, and
  • the Tolzac de Verteuil, also called Petit Tolzac.

history

In the 13th century there was a moth with a wooden fortress on a hill above the village. The geographical location between the Agenais and the Périgord caused the effects of the Hundred Years War . In 1586 the fortress was besieged, captured and set on fire by Catholic troops during the Huguenot Wars . In the 17th and 18th centuries, four windmills were built on the site , one of which still partially exists today. From the 15th to the 18th century, the Monbahus Seigneurie belonged to the de Caumont family, who had other estates in the area. It then passed into the hands of the Gontaud-Biron family. A mansion existed in the hamlet of Puydauphin and was the seat of its own judicial district. In the 19th century, the Napoleonic Cadastre included a church, a market hall and 20 houses. The construction of the highway from Marmande to Libos in the mid-19th century had a shift of the center resulted demolished in some homes, others were newly built.

Monbahus was on a branch line of the railway between Tonneins and Boudy-de-Beauregard . It carried people from 1927 to September 1, 1929 and also goods until June 30, 1933.

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 1,640 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community decreased with short recovery phases, a trend that continues to this day.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 947 863 729 709 695 642 660 624 596
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Parish Church of Notre-Dame

Based on the lower parts of the walls of the apse , the construction time of the church is estimated to be the 12th century. It is located on the northwestern edge of the plateau on which the village of Monbahus is located. During the visit of Vicar Jean Valier in 1551 it was discovered that the church had no vaults , had a chapel and had a bell gable . The Bishop Nicolas de Villars described the condition as bad at the beginning of the 17th century. The new building from 1612 only included the front area. In the 18th century, a chapel was added to the north, which was replaced by a larger building in 1837. It opens to the nave via four round arches. At the same time or in the second half of the 19th century the sacristy on the south side was rebuilt.

Two items of equipment in the church are inscribed as a monument historique of movable property. It is a statue depicting Mary with baby Jesus from the late 18th or early 19th century and a painting with the motif of the Adoration of the Shepherds from 1839.

Parish Church of Saint Martin in Roufiac

The parish of Roufiac, west of what is now the center of Monbahus, was mentioned in the 13th century. Of the medieval church, only the apse walls may have survived the centuries. The plaster that completely covers them today does not allow a corresponding analysis. Large parts of the church were rebuilt at the beginning of the 16th century, as can be seen from the shape of the western entrance portal , the southern entrance and the niche with a keel arch in the choir , which serves as a sideboard . The bell gable already existed in 1607 when Bishop Nicolas de Villars visited the church. The log of another visit in 1666 shows that the north side chapel, dedicated to Mary, had been built in the meantime. The Bishop Chabannes in turn stated in 1737 that it was consecrated to St. Rochus. In 1882 the bell gable was repaired and the window openings reworked according to plans by the architect T. Teulère. Restorations took place in 1927 and again in 1974.

A sculpture depicting the patron saint of the church, Saint Martin , is inscribed as a monument historique of movable goods. It dates from the late 18th century.

Saint Vincent parish church in Loupinat

During the visit of Vicar Jean Valier in 1551, the church was described as a rural church next to four or five houses, without vaults but with a bell gable. With the construction of the entrance portal in 1639, extensive repairs were probably carried out at the same time. In 1893 the condition was designated as bad.

Former Saint-Pierre de Gondon Abbey

The Cistercian abbey was founded at the beginning of the 12th century by monks from Cadouin Abbey in Périgord . According to L. Massip, this could have been done by Géraud de Salles between 1105 and 1110. The location was in the middle of a forest that belonged to the Seigneurs von Lauzun . The monastery was destroyed during the Hundred Years War and the Huguenot Wars. The Bishop of Agen , Claude de Gélas, had it restored. In 1790 only four monks lived in the abbey, which still included the church and the monastery building. It also included the garden, vineyards, a forest, two leased farms, a brickyard, a windmill and a house in Monbahus. Today the church is gone. Of the monastery buildings there is a rectangular house, which was probably built from stone in the Middle Ages . The windows date from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. A square dovecote dates from the end of the 18th or the beginning of the 19th century, and a barn and stable from 1907.

Notre-Dame de la Butte chapel

After the fortress on the hill overlooking the village was destroyed, four windmills were built on the site between the early 17th and 18th centuries. Three mills were demolished between 1870 and 1891 and the stones from the former fortress were used to pave rue Traversière. The remaining mill, called Galinat, was sold to the community in 1898, which decided to convert it into a chapel topped by a statue of the Virgin Mary.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture is one of the most important economic factors in the municipality.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 93

education

The municipality has:

  • a public preschool and elementary school with 63 pupils in the school year 2018/2019 and
  • the private college "Notre-Dame".

traffic

Monbahus can be reached via the Routes départementales 124, 145, 227, 241, 254, 256 and 273.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Présentation de la commune ( fr ) Municipality of Monbahus. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Lot-et-Garonne ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Monbahus ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Village. ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . March 1, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ Notice Communale Monbahus ( fr ) École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  6. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Monbahus (47170) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  7. ↑ église paroissiale Notre-Dame ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . March 1, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2019.
  8. ^ Sculpture: Vierge à l'Enfant ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . December 30, 2015. Accessed March 25, 2019.
  9. ^ Peinture: Adoration des Bergers ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . December 30, 2015. Accessed March 25, 2019.
  10. ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Martin dite église de Roufiac. ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . March 1, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2019.
  11. ^ Sculpture: St Martin ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . December 30, 2015. Accessed March 25, 2019.
  12. ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Vincent dite église de Loupinat. ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . March 1, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2019.
  13. ^ Abbaye de cisterciens dite abbaye Saint-Pierre de Gondon, actuellement ferme. ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . March 1, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2019.
  14. ↑ édifice fortifié, puis moulin, actuellement Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Butte. ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . September 24, 2015. Accessed March 25, 2019.
  15. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Monbahus (47170) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  16. ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  17. ↑ Collège ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved March 25, 2019.