Riscle (Riscle)

Riscle
local community	Riscle
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Coordinates	43 ° 39 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 39 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W
Post Code	32400
Former INSEE code	32344
Incorporation	1st January 2019
status	Commune déléguée
Saint-Pierre church

Riscle is a village and a former French commune with 1,775 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region . It belonged to the arrondissement of Mirande and the canton of Adour-Gersoise .

With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Riscle and Cannet were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Riscle of the same name and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Riscle.

location

Riscle is located on the Adour River in the Côtes de Saint-Mont wine region . The villages of Constance , Hitaous and Les Barthères belonged to the former municipality .

history

The history of Riscle begins with the construction of a church in the 9th century. The settlement around the castle then followed. In the eleventh century, the village already had five churches. In 1569 Riscle was destroyed by Henri I de Montmorency . Riscles flooded in 1737. It was not until the middle of the 19th century that the community was completely rebuilt.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1,679	1,845	1,841	1,867	1,778	1,675	1,700

Attractions

• Church Saint-Pierre in the 12th century monument historique
• Suspension bridge over the Adour (built 1930)

Personalities

• Roger Ferrien (born 1924), rugby player

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 32-2018-12-21-006 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Riscle of December 21, 2018 .
2. ↑ Entry no. PA00094898 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)