Barbazan, Haute-Garonne

Barbazan is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Barbazan
Commune
The town hall in Barbazan
Coat of arms
Location of Barbazan
Barbazan
Barbazan
Coordinates: 43°02′00″N 0°37′26″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementSaint-Gaudens
CantonBagnères-de-Luchon
IntercommunalityHaut Comminges
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Michelle Stradere
Area
1
6.05 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
490
 • Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
31045 /31510
Elevation439–890 m (1,440–2,920 ft)
(avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barbazanais or Barbazanaises.[2]

Geography

Barbazan is a Spa town in the Comminges region located some 13 km south-west of Saint-Gaudens and 12 km north of Cierp-Gaud. The western border of the commune is also the departmental border between Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées. Access to the commune is by Route nationale N125 which comes from the end of the A645 autoroute and passes down the western side of the commune south to Ore. The D26E road comes from Labroquère in the north-west and passes through the north of the commune ending in the village. The D26 comes from Valcabrère in the west and passes through the village continuing to Sauveterre-de-Comminges in the east. The D33D and the D33L go south from the village to join the N125. The commune has extensive forests in the east with some farmland in the west.[3]

The Garonne river forms most of the western border of the commune as it flows north, passing through Toulouse, to eventually join the Dordogne to form the Gironde estuary at Bordeaux. Lake Barbazan, north-west of the village at 452 m above sea level, is of glacial origin. It is surrounded by moraine deposits: sub-glacial moraine from Cumania and rocky outcrops of moraine west of the Lake. The Ruisseau de Corp flows west from the lake to join the Garonne.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

Heraldry
Arms of Barbazan
 Blazon:

Vert, 3 jets of water Argent issuant from a fountain with antique base of Or on a wave Argent mouvant from base; in chief parti per pale: at 1 Gules with 4 otelles Argent addorsed saltrirewise, at 2 Azure with a cross of Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1937
FromToName
17921800Mathieu Monserbe
18001809Joseph Dulac
18091815Bertrand Monserie
18151818Pierre Lapeyrade
18181822Jean-Jacques Marie d'Astorg
18221828Nicolas Bourbon
18281832Jean-Marie Bon
18321840Jean Dulac
18401843Jean Pujole
18431847Jean-Mathieu Descaillaux
18471848Jean Mondon
18481852Gilles Mondon
18521871Jean-Louis Gilles Mondon
18711890Théophile Dulac
18901924Romain Dombernard
19241937Mathieu Allemane
Mayors from 1937
FromToNamePartyPosition
19371944Baptiste Foucadet
19441947André Casteix
19471947Bertrand Fourcade
19471957Pierre Pujole
19571960Jacques Vollant
19601972Paul Bertrand
19721977Henri Fontagneres
19771985Georges Guichard
19851989Jean Serny
19892014Henri Galy
20142020Michelle Stradere

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 447 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
425 416 450 485 520 540 535 555 547
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
548 547 513 516 484 459 430 456 471
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
431 453 427 385 381 392 421 371 438
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
525 516 406 386 351 378 - 447 -
Population of Barbazan

Sites and monuments

Barbazan has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Chateau of Bagen (1544)[5]
  • The Flower Garden in the Chateau of Bagen on the D26 road[6]
Other sites of interest
  • The Thermal baths
  • The Lake
  • The Church of Saint-Michel

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Jacques-Marie d'Astorg (1752-1822), Count of Astorg and Roquépine, Baron of Montégut, French soldier in the 18th and 19th centuries.

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Haute-Garonne (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00094283 Chateau of Bagen (in French)
  6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA31010024 Flower Garden (in French)
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