Terracotta

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Terraube
Terrauba
TerIGE coat of arms
Terracotta (France)
Terracotta
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Condom
Canton Lectoure-Lomagne
Community association Lomagne Gersoise
Coordinates 43 ° 54 '  N , 0 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 54 '  N , 0 ° 33'  E
height 85-227 m
surface 25.14 km 2
Residents 372 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32700
INSEE code 32442

Castle of Terraub

Terrauba ( Gaskognisch Terrauba ) is a French commune with 372 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the municipality association Lomagne Gersoise . Its inhabitants call themselves Terraubois / Terrauboises .

geography

Terraub is located around 29 kilometers north of the city Auch in the north of the Gers department. The community consists of the village of Terraub and numerous individual farms. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D42 away from major long-distance traffic routes.

history

The place is in Lomagne , which was a vice-county in the Middle Ages. The De Galard family managed the place for centuries. They are still the castle owners today. The community belonged to the District Lectoure from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Marsolan was within the canton of Lectoure from 1793 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 1821 1911 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 1,200 907 1,184 642 520 504 522 500 435 381 388 389
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Castle Château de TerIGE from the 13th century, monument historique since 1988 with castle chapel
  • Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité village church
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • Lavoir (wash house)
  • numerous wayside crosses and statues of the Madonna

Web links

Commons : Terape  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sights of the community
  2. ↑ Brief description (French)
  3. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen