Saint-Blancard
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Mirande | |
| Canton | Astarac gimone | |
| Community association | Val de Gers | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 21 ' N , 0 ° 39' E | |
| height | 227-357 m | |
| surface | 14.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 341 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32140 | |
| INSEE code | 32365 | |
 Partial view of the community |
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Saint-Blancard ( Gascon : Sent-Blancat) is a French municipality with 341 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania (2015 Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande and the municipal association Val de Gers . The residents call themselves Saint-Blancardais / Saint-Blancardaises .
geography
Saint-Blancard is located around 27 kilometers southeast of Mirande and 34 kilometers south-southeast of Auch in the very south of the Gers department on the border with the Haute-Garonne department . The community consists of hamlets, numerous scattered settlements and individual farmsteads. In the east, the municipality has a share of the Lac de la Gimone . The Gimone forms the eastern boundary of the municipality.
Neighboring communities are Aussos in the north-west and north, Sarcos in the north, Nénigan (in the Haute-Garonne department) in the north-east, Péguilhan (in the Haute-Garonne department) in the east and south-east, Lalanne-Arqué in the south, Manent-Montané in the south-west and Cabas- Loumassès to the west.
history
The discovery of two statues from the Gallo-Roman period prove an early settlement. During excavations, the remains of a church from the 11th century came to light. In the Middle Ages, Saint-Blancard was in the Kastlanei Villefranche within the county of Astarac in the historic Gascon region and shared its fate. From 1793 to 1801, Saint-Blancard belonged to the Canton of Mondastarac and the District of Mirande. Since 1801, Saint-Blancard has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Mirande and belonged to the canton of Masseube from 1801 to 2015 . The community was called Saint-Pancrace in the Middle Ages .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1856 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 534 | 619 | 273 | 255 | 217 | 229 | 205 | 257 | 323 | 341 | 340 |
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Attractions
- Castle Château de Saint-Blancard with Park since 2005, a monument historique
- Romanesque village church of Saint-Pancrace from the 13th century
- numerous wayside crosses, scattered all over the community
- Memorial to the Fallen
Castle and village church
Monument, statue of the Virgin Mary and castle
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Landscape near Saint-Blancard
Web links
- Information on the website of the Communauté de communes Val de Gers
- Association for the development of the village and the castle
- Saint-Blancard on the IGN side
- Saint-Pancrace village church
- Location of the place and brief information
- Sights of Saint-Blancard on Le Patrimoine rural du Gers