Oust (Ariège)

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Oust
east
Oust (France)
Oust
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Saint-Girons
Canton Couserans Est
Community association Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates 42 ° 53 '  N , 1 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '  N , 1 ° 13'  E
height 480-1,494 m
surface 18.97 km 2
Residents 545 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09140
INSEE code 09223

Vic d'Oust with church and manor house

Oust ( Occitan : East ) is a French commune with 545 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , to the community association of Couserans-Pyrénées and to the canton of Couserans Est (until 2015: canton of Oust ). The inhabitants are called Oustois / Oustoises .

geography

Oust is located around 83 kilometers south-southwest of the city of Toulouse in the west of the Ariège department. The community consists of the villages of Oust and Vic d'Oust, numerous hamlets and scattered settlements as well as individual farms. Both villages are on the Garbet River . The Salat River also flows through the municipality in a northerly direction and forms the western municipality boundary. The lowest section of the Vallée du Garbet is part of the municipality. Oust is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are mountainous and forested. The highest point is the Tuc de La Goulauze in the southeast of the municipality. In terms of traffic, the municipality is located on the D3 and D32.

Oust is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Soulan in the northeast, Ercé in the east, Ustou in the south, Seix in the west and Soueix-Rogalle in the northwest and north.

history

Settlement in Gallo-Roman times is likely due to the place names Vic (Latin Vicus) and Oust (Latin Augustus or Celtic Ustou). In the 8th century the place was plundered and destroyed by the Sarrazenen. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the province of Couserans, which in turn was part of the province of Gascony. The parish was part of the Saint-Girons district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Oust was the capital of the canton of Oust from 1793 to 2015 . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801. Oust was created in its present form in 1969 through the merger of Oust (1968: 410 inhabitants) and Vic (1968: 31 inhabitants).

Population development

year 1793 1800 1806 1821 1841 1861 1896 1911 1921 1936 1946 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 1,302 1,354 1,748 1,947 1,977 1,798 1,686 1,241 953 961 648 462 441 581 503 449 515 530 540
Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area

Attractions

  • Remains of the Château de Mirabat castle
  • Manor Manoir de Roquemaurel from the 16th century in Vic d'Oust
  • 19th century church Saint-Barthélemy in Oust (with relics from the 16th century)
  • Church of Our Lady of the 12th century in Vic d'Oust, since 1921 a monument historique
  • Way cross from 1641 near the village church of Vic d'Oust, a monument historique since 1950
  • Notre-Dame du Puech chapel in Le Puech from 1860
  • Calvary from 1913
  • Memorial to the Fallen in Vic d'Oust
  • Memorial plaque for the fallen in Oust
  • two more wayside crosses in Oust and Vic d'Oust
  • Stone bridge over the Garbet
  • More Attractions

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  2. ^ Page with numerous photos of the Church of Vic d'Oust
  3. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  4. ↑ Page with numerous photos of the chapel
  5. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
  6. ↑ Commemorative plaque for the fallen
  7. ↑ Description in Palissy (French)