Saint-Clar
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Saint-Clar Sent Clar |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Condom | |
| Canton | Fleurance-Lomagne | |
| Community association | Bastides de Lomagne | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 54 ' N , 0 ° 46' E | |
| height | 93-193 m | |
| surface | 17.91 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,015 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 57 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32380 | |
| INSEE code | 32370 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-st-clar.com/ | |
 Market hall and Mairie (town hall) |
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Saint-Clar ( Gaskognisch Sent Clar ) is a French commune with 1,015 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the municipal association Bastides de Lomagne . Its inhabitants are called Saint-Clarais / Saint-Claraises .
geography
Saint-Clar is around 31 kilometers northeast of the city Auch in the northeast of the Gers department. The community consists of the town of Saint-Clar, some hamlets and farmhouses. In terms of traffic, it is far away from motorways.
history
The remains of villas from the Gallo-Roman period are evidence of early settlement. Saint-Clar is in Lomagne , which was a vice-county in the Middle Ages. Today's town center emerged from a bastide founded in 1289 . Saint-Clar is one of the few places that originally emerged from two bastides. The old bastide, founded in 1274, is no longer preserved as such. The place belonged from 1793 to 1801 to the District Lectoure. In addition, Saint-Clar was the capital of the canton of Saint-Clar from 1801 to 2015 . The parish was assigned to the Arrondissement of Lectoure from 1801 to 1926. This was dissolved in 1926 and the municipality part of the Condom arrondissement.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1806 | 1851 | 1881 | 1911 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 1,500 | 1,246 | 1,710 | 1,697 | 1,268 | 1,041 | 1,030 | 1,033 | 987 | 972 | 879 | 868 | 980 | 992 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area | ||||||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint Clair village church from the 19th century
- Former village church of Sainte-Catherine from the Middle Ages (bell tower from the 11th century, nave from the 12th century)
- Memorial to the Fallen
- Market hall and town hall (Mairie) from 1818, Monument historique since 1986
- Le jardin des 4 saisons garden with a bust of the poet Jean Géraud Dastros
- Musée de l'école publique (School Museum )
- Lavoir (wash house)
- numerous wayside crosses
