Nouilhan

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Nouilhan
Coat of arms of Nouilhan
Nouilhan (France)
Nouilhan
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Vic-en-Bigorre
Community association Adour Madiran
Coordinates 43 ° 25 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 25 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E
height 188-203 m
surface 4.53 km 2
Residents 200 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 44 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65500
INSEE code 65330
Website www.nouilhan.fr

Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Nouilhan

Nouilhan is a French commune with 200 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the canton of Vic-en-Bigorre .

The inhabitants are called Nouilhanais and Nouilhanaises .

geography

Nouilhan is located about 22 kilometers north of Tarbes in the historic province of Bigorre on the western edge of the department.

Nouilhan is surrounded by the five neighboring communities:

Larreule Maubourguet Lafitole
Neighboring communities
Caixon Vic-en-Bigorre

Nouilhan lies in the catchment area of the Adour River . The Échez , one of its tributaries, crosses the territory of the commune.

Wash house
Former watermill

history

Nouilhan is one of the oldest parishes in the Adour Valley. Old texts from the Larreule monastery mention it in 1015 under the name Nouelhano . The settlement of the municipality in the Gallo-Roman period is evidenced by the remains of a villa from the second or third century. In the Middle Ages there was a moth under the name Tuco near the Canal du Moulin. In 1256 the municipality formed the northern limit of the Bigorre. In 1313 Nouilhan was dependent on the Seigneur of Lafitole and in 1429 on the Seigneur of Andoins . In 1717 the Count of Pujo lived in the parish. The parish was for a long time determined by the neighboring monasteries of Larreule and Saint-Lézer . On March 24 and 25, 1814, a battle took place between the troops of the French marechal Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult and the advancing Allied army under the command of Arthur Wellesleys , who later became the Duke of Wellington .

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Nolhan. It comes from the Latin or Gallo-Roman proper name Nobilis or Novellius and the suffix -anum ("Landgut des Nobilis" or "Landgut des Novellius").

The nickname of the inhabitants of the municipality is Los graulhassèrs ( German  the eaters or breeders of frogs ) due to the frequent floods of the Échez.

Toponyms and mentions of Nouilhan were:

  • Noalha and Noalla (12th century, Bigorre county copybook ),
  • De Noelhano (1313, Debita regi Navarre tax list ),
  • De Noillano (1342, parish register of Tarbes),
  • de Noalhano (1379, Prokuration Tarbes),
  • Noelhan (1429, Bigorre County Tax List ),
  • Nouillan (1732, church records),
  • Nouaillan (1772, church register),
  • Nouilhan (1750 and 1793, map by Cassini or Notice Communale ),
  • Nouillan (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a high of around 345 at the beginning of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to a low of around 155 with brief recovery periods until the 1980s, before a growth trend began continues to this day. Many residents emigrated to Argentina or Louisiana in the 19th century .

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 184 187 163 154 182 175 178 203 200
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011
Parish Church of Saint-Lézer

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint-Lézer

Economy and Infrastructure

Nouilhan is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 27
Lignes intermodales d'Occitanie bus

traffic

Nouilhan can be reached via Routes départementales 4, 7 56 and 935, the former Route nationale 135 .

The commune is also connected to other communes in the department and the neighboring department of Landes by a line from the Lignes intermodales d'Occitanie bus network from Tarbes to Mont-de-Marsan .

Web links

Commons : Nouilhan  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Nouilhan ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ Historique ( fr ) Nouilhan municipality. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  4. ^ Nouilhan ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  5. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b Notice Communale Nouilhan ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Nouilhan (65330) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  8. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  9. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Nouilhan (65330) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 5, 2019.