Saint-Jean-Poutge
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Saint-Jean-Poutge Sent Joan Potge |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Also | |
| Canton | Fezensac | |
| Community association | Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 44 ' N , 0 ° 23' E | |
| height | 105-225 m | |
| surface | 10.80 km 2 | |
| Residents | 322 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32190 | |
| INSEE code | 32382 | |
Saint-Jean-Poutge ( Gascon Sent Joan Potge ) is a French municipality with 322 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania . It belongs to the arrondissement of Auch and the canton of Fezensac . Saint-Jean-Poutge is also a member of the Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne municipal association founded in 2001 . The inhabitants are called Saint-Jean-Poutgeois (es) .
location
Saint-Jean-Poutge lies in the valley floor west of the Baïse . The community includes the village, the hamlet of Barbazan and numerous small settlements and individual farms. The place is about 19 kilometers northwest of the small town Auch in the center of the Gers department. The city of Tarbes is around 60 kilometers to the south-west.
history
The community belonged to the district of Auch from 1793 to 1801. It has been part of the Auch arrondissement since 1801. From 1793 to 2015 the municipality belonged to the canton of Vic-Fezensac (sometimes called Vic-sur-Losse). In 1839 the previously independent municipality of Pléhaut was incorporated (1831: 158 inhabitants).
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1856 | 1881 | 1936 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 393 | 343 | 378 | 480 | 438 | 404 | 459 | 287 | 287 | 329 | 326 | 322 | 314 | 283 | 239 | 250 | 319 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area | |||||||||||||||||
Attractions
- Château de Herrebouc castle (partly from the 13th century), a monument historique since 1926/2002
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste village church from 1880 in Saint-Jean-Poutge
- Sainte-Marie-Madeleine village chapel from 1840 in Barbazan
- Remains of the Château de Pléhaut
- two mills
- several crosses and wayside crosses
- several lavoirs (wash houses)
- Memorial to the Fallen
Web links
- Brief information about the community
- Saint-Jean-Poutge on the IGN side
- Photos of the village church and the chapel