Pimbo

Pimbo
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Country
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Chalosse Tursan
Community association	Chalosse Tursan
Coordinates	43 ° 35 ′  N , 0 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 35 ′  N , 0 ° 23 ′  W
height	100-213 m
surface	10.89 km 2
Residents	210 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	40320
INSEE code	40226
Saint-Barthélémy church

Pimbo is a French commune in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The long-distance hiking trail GR 65 , which largely follows the historical course of the French Way of St. James, Via Podiensis , leads through the town with 210 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) . Pimbo is part of the municipal association Communauté de communes du Tursan .

geography

Pimbo is located in southwest France in the foothills of the Pyrenees in the historical area of Tursan . Today Tursan is still important as a wine-growing area. The next town to the south is Lescar , which can be reached via the D 40 after 36 kilometers of road. The Gabas flows through the municipality. The closest major French cities are Toulouse (146 km) to the east and Bordeaux (141 km) to the north.

history

In Pimbo there was an abbey that is said to have been founded by Charlemagne in 778 on his way back from the Spanish campaign. It was destroyed in the Huguenot Wars in 1569 .

Pimbo is one of the oldest bastides in the Landes department . It was founded in Paréage in 1268 (equal feudal right of several seigneurs to a fiefdom ) by the Abbot of Pimbo and Thomas d'Yperague, the Seneschal of Gascony and governor of Edward I of England . The bastide included a castle and three churches, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Notre-Dame and Saint-Barthélemy (only the third still exists).

In the course of the French Revolution in 1793, Pimbo received the status of a municipality and in 1801 the right to local self-government.

Number of inhabitants
(source:)

year	1793	1836	1866	1886	1921	1962	1982	1990	1999
Residents	526	608	538	432	313	257	195	181	179
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence

Pimbo had the most inhabitants in 1836, since then the number of inhabitants decreased almost continuously until 1999.

Culture and sights

Pimbo is represented with a flower in the Conseil national des villes et villages fleuris (National Council of Blooming Cities and Villages). The "flowers" are awarded in the course of a regional competition, whereby a maximum of three flowers can be achieved.

The Saint-Barthélémy church , dedicated to the Apostle Bartholomew , dates from the 12th century. It is one of the stages on the Camino de Santiago . A collegiate church in Pimbo was first mentioned in a text from the 11th century. The Romanesque building from the 12th century consists of three aisles and three apsides . It was restored after the Huguenot Wars. Since 1998 the church has been included in the supplementary directory of the Monuments historiques . In the church there is a rounded altar from the 18th century, which is classified as a monument historique and two sculptures also listed: a depiction of Christ crucified from the 17th century and a wooden statue of the evangelist Mark from the 18th century.

Way of St. James ( Via Podiensis )

In addition to a pilgrims' hostel (French: Gîte d'étape ), the place offers only a few private rooms (French: Chambre d'hôtes ). The further path leads over the hills of the Pyrenees foothills. The next larger town is Arzacq-Arraziguet . The road connection to Arzacq-Arraziguet is via the D 111 and D 32 roads.

economy

A large part of the Pimbolais work in agriculture. Local products are chestnuts , wine and foie gras made from duck liver.

literature

• Bettina Forst: French Way of St. James. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. All stages - with variants and height profiles (= Rother hiking guide ). Bergverlag Rother, Munich (recte: Ottobrunn) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4350-8 .
• Bert Teklenborg: Cycling along the Camino de Santiago. From the Rhine to the western end of Europe. (Cycling guide, route planner). 3rd, revised edition. Publishing House Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-7022-2626-8 .

Web links

Commons : Pimbo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Along the Via Podiensis
• Communauté de communes du Tursan (French)
• Pimbo on cartesfrance.fr in French

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pimbo on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved November 6, 2009
2. ^ Heinrich Wipper: Hiking on the French Way of St. James. Via Podiensis . DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7701-8009-7 , p. 132 ( in Google Books ).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Derry Brabbs: The Roads to Santiago. The Medieval Pilgrim Routes through France and Spain to Santiago de Compostela . frances lincoln ltd, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7112-2706-4 , p. 50-53 ( in Google Books ).
4. ↑ ^{a b} page no longer available , search in web archives: Pimbo on quid.fr (French)
5. ↑ Pimbo on Cassini.ehess.fr (French) Retrieved November 6, 2009
6. ^ Landes, Palmarès des communes labellisées (French). Accessed November 6, 2006
7. ^ Pimbo in Base Mérimée (French) Retrieved November 6, 2009
8. ↑ Pimbo in Base Palissy (French) Retrieved November 6, 2009

Way of St. James " Via Podiensis "

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