Barbazan, Haute-Garonne

Barbazan (French pronunciation: [baʁbazɑ̃]; Occitan: Barbasan) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Barbazan
The town hall in Barbazan
The town hall in Barbazan
Coat of arms of Barbazan
Location of Barbazan
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Barbazan is located in France
Barbazan
Barbazan
Barbazan is located in Occitanie
Barbazan
Barbazan
Coordinates: 43°02′00″N 0°37′26″E / 43.0333°N 0.6239°E / 43.0333; 0.6239
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementSaint-Gaudens
CantonBagnères-de-Luchon
IntercommunalityPyrénées Haut-Garonnaises
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Michelle Stradere[1]
Area
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6.05 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
503
 • Density83/km2 (220/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.

Geography

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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

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Heraldry

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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

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List of Successive Mayors[4]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1937
From To Name
1792 1800 Mathieu Monserbe
1800 1809 Joseph Dulac
1809 1815 Bertrand Monserie
1815 1818 Pierre Lapeyrade
1818 1822 Jean-Jacques Marie d'Astorg
1822 1828 Nicolas Bourbon
1828 1832 Jean-Marie Bon
1832 1840 Jean Dulac
1840 1843 Jean Pujole
1843 1847 Jean-Mathieu Descaillaux
1847 1848 Jean Mondon
1848 1852 Gilles Mondon
1852 1871 Jean-Louis Gilles Mondon
1871 1890 Théophile Dulac
1890 1924 Romain Dombernard
1924 1937 Mathieu Allemane
Mayors from 1937
From To Name
1937 1944 Baptiste Foucadet
1944 1947 André Casteix
1947 1947 Bertrand Fourcade
1947 1957 Pierre Pujole
1957 1960 Jacques Vollant
1960 1972 Paul Bertrand
1972 1977 Henri Fontagneres
1977 1985 Georges Guichard
1985 1989 Jean Serny
1989 2014 Henri Galy
2014 2026 Michelle Stradere

Demography

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barbazanais or Barbazanaises in French.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 425—    
1800 416−0.31%
1806 450+1.32%
1821 485+0.50%
1831 520+0.70%
1836 540+0.76%
1841 535−0.19%
1846 555+0.74%
1851 547−0.29%
1856 548+0.04%
1861 547−0.04%
1866 513−1.28%
1872 516+0.10%
1876 484−1.59%
1881 459−1.06%
1886 430−1.30%
1891 456+1.18%
1896 471+0.65%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 431−1.76%
1906 453+1.00%
1911 427−1.18%
1921 385−1.03%
1926 381−0.21%
1931 392+0.57%
1936 421+1.44%
1946 371−1.26%
1954 438+2.10%
1962 525+2.29%
1968 516−0.29%
1975 406−3.37%
1982 386−0.72%
1990 351−1.18%
1999 378+0.83%
2009 449+1.74%
2014 441−0.36%
2020 498+2.05%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Sites and monuments

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Barbazan has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Chateau of Bagen (1544) [8]
  • The Flower Garden in the Chateau of Bagen on the D26 road [9]
Other sites of interest

Notable people linked to the commune

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Google Maps
  4. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. ^ Le nom des habitants du 31 - Haute-Garonne, habitants.fr
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barbazan, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00094283 Chateau of Bagen (in French) 
  9. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA31010024 Flower Garden (in French)
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