Saint-Maur (Gers)

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Saint-Maur
Sent Maur
Saint-Maur (France)
Saint-Maur
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Mirande
Canton Mirande-Astarac
Community association Cœur d'Astarac en Gascogne
Coordinates 43 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 21 ′  E
height 170-290 m
surface 13.84 km 2
Residents 142 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 10 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32300
INSEE code 32393

Saint-Maur village church

Saint-Maur ( Gascon : Sent Maur) is a French commune with 142 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the Arrondissement of Mirande and the municipality of Cœur d'Astarac en Gascogne . The residents call themselves Saint-Mauriens / Saint-Mauriennes .

geography

Saint-Maur is about seven kilometers southwest of Mirande and 27 kilometers southwest of Auch in the south of the Gers department. The community consists of hamlets, numerous scattered settlements and individual farmsteads. In parts of the river Osse forms the western boundary of the municipality.

Neighboring municipalities are Monclar-sur-Losse in the north, Saint-Martin in the northeast, Berdoues in the east, Ponsampère in the southeast, Bazugues in the south, Laas and Marseillan in the west and bars in the northwest.

history

In the Middle Ages, Saint-Maur and Soules lay in the Kastlanei Moncassin within the county of Astarac in the historic Gascon region and shared their fate. The place was once a pilgrimage center around a Benedictine monastery that has now disappeared. Saint-Maur and Soules belonged to the Mirande district from 1793 to 1801. Since 1801, Saint-Maur and Soules have been assigned to the arrondissement of Mirande and belonged to the canton of Mirande from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality has only existed in its current form since 1822. At that time, the former municipality of Saint-Maur (1821: 194 inhabitants) merged with the municipality of Soules (1821: 187 inhabitants) to form today's municipality.

Population development

The population development is typical for a French rural community. Developments between 1793 and 1821, with strong growth, and strong rural exodus from 1876 onwards are normal. After a low point in 1975, two growth phases followed between 1975 and 1982 and since 1990.

year 1793 1821 1831 1876 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 299 381 327 320 136 132 89 111 103 111 121 129 146
today's municipality Sources: Cassini, Saint-Maur Cassini, Soules and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Maur village church
  • Madonna statue
  • three wayside crosses
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • Memorial to members of the Resistance who died on June 8, 1944

traffic

The Route nationale 21 crosses the municipality. The place Saint-Maur is on the D505. An important regional link is the road south towards Bazugues and Ponsampère.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Maur  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen