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 2017 the commune had 490 inhabitants.

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%
2007 445+2.06%
2012 450+0.22%
2017 490+1.72%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

Sites and monuments

Barbazan has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Chateau of Bagen (1544)[7]
  • The Flower Garden in the Chateau of Bagen on the D26 road[8]
Other sites of interest

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

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. Données Cassini, EHESS
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00094283 Chateau of Bagen (in French)
  8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA31010024 Flower Garden (in French)
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