Organ (Hautes-Pyrénées)

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Organ coat of arms
Organ (France)
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region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Les Coteaux
Community association Pays de Trie et Magnoac
Coordinates 43 ° 17 '  N , 0 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 17 '  N , 0 ° 29'  E
height 325-439 m
surface 2.73 km 2
Residents 44 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65230
INSEE code 65336

Mairie Organ

Organ is a French commune with 44 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality is part of the Tarbes arrondissement and the Pays de Trie et Magnoac municipal association founded in 2016 . The residents are called organais .

geography

Town center

The municipality of Organ is located in the north of the plateau of Lannemezan in the foothills of the Pyrenees , about 58 kilometers east of the capital of the department Tarbes and 20 kilometers north of Lannemezan . The Gèze , a tributary of the Gers, flows through the 2.73 km² municipal area . The streams in the west of the municipality drain over the brine to the Petite Baïse , all the rivers mentioned belong to the catchment area of the Garonne . Forest dominates the west of the municipality and on the slopes to the right of the Gèze. Several hamlets belong to Organ. The most greeted are Dumont, Marquis, Méné, Bataille, Deffès, Garmounet, Siame and Sainte-Roman .

Organ is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Castelnau-Magnoac in the northeast, Cizos in the east and southeast, Betpouy in the west and Barthe in the northwest.

Place name

The place name developed from the Latin Organo ( Domain des Orgus , 1383/1384) and the same name in 1405 and through the 15th century to the organ used for the first time on a Cassini map from the end of the 18th century , which is still valid today.

history

Organ belonged in the Ancien Régime to the Sénéchaussée of Auch with a local seigneurie within the Vallée de Magnoac as part of the Pays des Quatre-Vallées .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 52 41 38 44 49 52 40 42
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

The peak was reached in 1876 with 124 inhabitants.

Attractions

  • Saint-André church (St. Andreas)

  • Saint-André church

  • Community festival hall

Economy and Infrastructure

Five farms are located in the municipality of Organ (grain cultivation, poultry farming).

The municipality of Organ has good transport connections. In the municipality of Castelnau-Magnoac , four kilometers away , the D632 (from Tarbes to Toulouse ) and D929 (from Auch to Lannemezan ) intersect . In Lannemezan, 20 kilometers away, there are connections to the A64 autoroute . The closest train station is also in Lannemezan.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Michel Grosclaude and Jean-Francois Le Nail : Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes-Pyrénées , Tarbes , Conseil Général des Hautes-Pyrénées, 2000, p. 348 ( ISBN 2-9514810-1-2 )
  2. ^ Organ on the presentation of the community association (French)
  3. ↑ Organ on cassini.ehess.fr
  4. ↑ Organ on insee.fr
  5. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Organ  - collection of images