Sarragachies

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Sarragachies
Sarragaishias
Sarragachies (France)
Sarragachies
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Mirande
Canton Adour-Gersoise
Community association Armagnac Adour
Coordinates 43 ° 41 ′  N , 0 ° 3 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 41 ′  N , 0 ° 3 ′  E
height 106-177 m
surface 12.83 km 2
Residents 237 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32400
INSEE code 32414

Sarragachies ( Gascon : Sarragaishias ) is a French municipality with 237 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande .

geography

Sarragachies is located around 43 kilometers (as the crow flies) southeast of the city of Mont-de-Marsan in the west of the Gers department and belongs to the Côtes de Saint-Mont wine-growing region and the Armagnac brandy region . Numerous bodies of water originate or cross the municipal area. The most important are the Adour and Izaute rivers . There are also several dams and ponds in the municipal area. The D3 passes in the south of the municipality. The closest bus stop is Riscle on line 940 Tarbes - Mont-de-Marsan.

The hamlet of Lacaussade lies in the Adour river valley, the village of Sarragachies on a south-facing slope north of the river valley and the hamlet of Laleuge on the top of this hill. Part of the narrow river valley of the Izaute also belongs to the municipality.

Sarragachies is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac in the northwest and north, sorbets in the northeast, Termes-d'Armagnac in the east, Izotges in the southeast, Riscle in the south and Maulichères in the west.

history

The municipality is historically located within Gascony and belongs to the Bas-Armagnac region . From 1793 to 1801 Sarragachies belonged to the Nogaro district. Also from 1793 to 1801 to the canton Riscle. After that she was assigned to the canton of Aignan until 2015 . First Sarragachies was called Sarrgachies , from 1801 the current name. In 1822 the then independent municipalities of Lacaussade (then La Caussade; 1821 191 inhabitants) and Laleugue (then Laleugne; 1821 150 inhabitants) were incorporated.

Population development

year 1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1851 1856 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 275 162 174 103 573 614 604 291 303 312 319 296 271 265 258 237
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Barthélémy village church in Sarragachies
  • Notre-Dame chapel in Laleugue
  • several wayside crosses and Madonna statues in Lacaussade, Laleugue and Sarragachies
  • Memorial to the fallen in Sarragachies

  • Saint-Barthélémy village church

  • Mairie (Meeting House) from Sarragachies

  • Memorial to the Fallen

  • Vineyard near Sarragachies

Web links

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