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La Bastide-de-Besplas

Coordinates: 43°10′03″N 1°16′32″E / 43.1675°N 1.2756°E / 43.1675; 1.2756
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La Bastide-de-Besplas
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La Bastide-de-Besplas is located in France
La Bastide-de-Besplas
La Bastide-de-Besplas
La Bastide-de-Besplas is located in Occitanie
La Bastide-de-Besplas
La Bastide-de-Besplas
Coordinates: 43°10′03″N 1°16′32″E / 43.1675°N 1.2756°E / 43.1675; 1.2756
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAriège
ArrondissementSaint-Girons
CantonArize-Lèze
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Dominique Antolini[1]
Area
1
10.22 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
377
 • Density37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
09038 /09350
Elevation234–391 m (768–1,283 ft)
(avg. 225 m or 738 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bastide-de-Besplas is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Besplasois or Besplasoises.[4]

Geography

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La Bastide-de-Besplas is an old Bastide in the Massif de Plantaurel some 50 km south by south-west of Toulouse and 20 km west by north-west of Pamiers. Both the northern and southern borders of the commune are the departmental border with Haute-Garonne. Access to the commune is by the D628 from Montesquieu-Volvestre in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Daumazan-sur-Arize. The D326 branches off the D628 in the commune and goes north to join the D408 north of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland interspersed with some forest.[5][6]

The Arize river flows through the centre of the commune and the village flowing from south-east to north-west where it continues to join the Garonne at Carbonne. The TaiVades stream rises in the north of the commune and flows north-west forming part of the northern border before joining the Arize on the commune border. The Ruisseau de Bergou forms the south-eastern border as it flows south-west to join the Arize. The Ruisseau d'Argain forms the southern border of the commune as it flows east to join the Arize in Daumazan-sur-Arize commune.[5][6]

History

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La Bastide-de-Besplas appears as la Bafude de Besplas on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and as la Bailute on the 1790 version.[8]

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[9]

From To Name
2001 2014 Jean-Pierre Bernabé
2014 2020 Nicolas Gareia
2020 2026 Dominique Antolini

Demography

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In 2017 the commune had 380 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 205—    
1800 558+15.38%
1806 665+2.97%
1821 674+0.09%
1831 675+0.01%
1836 725+1.44%
1841 706−0.53%
1846 732+0.73%
1851 720−0.33%
1856 726+0.17%
1861 720−0.17%
1866 724+0.11%
1872 724+0.00%
1876 741+0.58%
1881 652−2.53%
1886 653+0.03%
1891 625−0.87%
1896 601−0.78%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 575−0.88%
1906 556−0.67%
1911 568+0.43%
1921 523−0.82%
1926 527+0.15%
1931 513−0.54%
1936 506−0.27%
1946 466−0.82%
1954 461−0.13%
1962 468+0.19%
1968 453−0.54%
1975 403−1.66%
1982 307−3.81%
1990 302−0.21%
1999 294−0.30%
2007 365+2.74%
2012 390+1.33%
2017 380−0.52%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Culture and heritage

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Religious heritage

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The Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Bout-du-pont (1663) is registered as an historical monument.[12]

The Chapel contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Commemorative plaque (1728)[13]
  • A Ceiling Mural (18th century)[14]
  • A Statue: Christ on the Cross (16th century)[15]
  • A Retable (17th century)[16]

The Parish Church also contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Painting: The beheading of Saint John the Baptist (17th century)[17]
  • A Bronze Bell (1410)[18]
  • A Statue: Saint Louis (18th century)[19]
  • A Statue: Virgin and child (17th century)[20]
  • A Statue: Saint John the Baptist (18th century)[21]
  • A Chalice (19th century)[22]
  • An Offering Cross (19th century)[23]
  • A Chalice (19th century)[24]
  • A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (18th century)[25]

Notable people linked to the commune

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  • Louis Astre, French trade unionist, born in the commune, where his parents were teachers, and spent his early years there.
  • Henri Cuq, French Politician
  • Abbot Casy Rivière

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. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Inhabitants of Ariège (in French)
  5. ^ a b c La Bastide-de-Besplas on Google Maps
  6. ^ a b La Bastide-de-Besplas on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. ^ la Bafude de Besplas on the 1750 Cassini Map
  8. ^ la Bailute on the 1790 Cassini Map
  9. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  10. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bastide-de-Besplas, EHESS (in French).
  11. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  12. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00093772 Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Bout-du-pont (in French)
  13. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000090 Commemorative Plaque (in French)
  14. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000089 Ceiling mural (in French)
  15. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000088 Statue: Christ on the cross (in French)
  16. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000087 Retable (in French)
  17. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000965 PM09000079 Painting: The beheading of Saint John the Baptist (in French)
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000078 Bronze Bell (in French)
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000086 Statue: Saint Louis (in French)
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000085 Statue: Virgin and child (in French)
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000084 Statue: Saint John the Baptist (in French)
  22. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000083 Chalice (in French)
  23. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000082 Offering Cross (in French)
  24. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000081 Chalice (in French)
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM09000080 Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (in French)