Vergoignan

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Vergoignan
Vergonhan
Vergoignan coat of arms
Vergoignan (France)
Vergoignan
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Mirande
Canton Adour-Gersoise
Community association Aire-sur-l'Adour
Coordinates 43 ° 43 '  N , 0 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 43 '  N , 0 ° 12'  E
height 91-153 m
surface 10.44 km 2
Residents 299 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32720
INSEE code 32460
Website http://www.vergoignan.fr/

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Vergoignan ( Gascon : Vergonhan) is a French municipality with 299 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande and to the community association Communauté de communes d'Aire-sur-l'Adour .

geography

Vergoignan is located around 6 kilometers northeast of the small town of Aire-sur-l'Adour in the west of the Gers department. It belongs to the Côtes de Saint-Mont wine region . The main bodies of water are the Le Turré and Vergoignan creeks and several ponds. The most important supra-regional transport connection is the A65 autoroute (part of Europastraße 7 ), a few kilometers west of the municipality . The nearest train station is in Aire-sur-l'Adour.

Vergoignan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Le Houga in the north, Luppé-Violles in the east, Arblade-le-Bas in the southeast, Barcelonne-du-Gers in the southwest and Aire-sur-l'Adour in the northwest.

history

The municipality is historically located within Gascony . The name of the municipality was Veracumdius in Gallo-Roman times . The parish is mentioned for the first time in the 7th century and belonged to the Duchy of Corneillan. In the Middle Ages it formed its own feudal lordship in the area of ​​the Dukes of Armagnac. From 1793 to 1801 Vergoignan belonged to the district of Nogaro and the canton of Barcelonne. Since then to the Arrondissement of Mirande and from 1802 to 2015 to the Canton of Riscle .

Population development

year 1793 1846 1866 1896 1906 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 229 372 358 279 277 197 188 192 202 243 251 273 294
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint Germain village church
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • Lavoir (public wash house)
  • several crosses and wayside crosses and a statue of the Virgin Mary

Web links

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