La Bastide-sur-l'Hers

La Bastide-sur-l'Hers
La Bastide-sur-l'Hers
Location within Occitanie region  La Bastide-sur-l'Hers
Coordinates: 42°57′24″N 1°54′35″E / 42.9567°N 1.9097°ECoordinates: 42°57′24″N 1°54′35″E / 42.9567°N 1.9097°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Mirepoix
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de Mirepoix
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacky Barbe
Area^1	4.77 km^2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	724
• Density	150/km^2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	09043 / 09600
Elevation	428–721 m (1,404–2,365 ft) (avg. 438 m or 1,437 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Bastide-sur-l'Hers is a French commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.^[1]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bastidhersois or Bastidhersoises.^[2]

Geography

La Bastide-sur-l'Hers is located some 28 km south-east of Pamiers and 3 km north-east of Lavelanet. Access to the commune is by the D620 road from Laroque-d'Olmes in the north-west which goes east through the commune and the village and continues east to Le Peyrat. The D16 comes from L'Aiguillon in the south and passes north inside the eastern border of the commune to the village then continues north to join the D28A south of Léran. A former railway line now a walking trail passes through the commune from west to east just north of the village. The commune has two large belts of forest across the centre and south with most of the rest of the commune farmland.^[3][4]

The Hers river flows from the south forming the south-eastern border before passing through the village and continuing east to eventually join the Ariège at Cintegabelle. The Ruiseeau des Écrevisses forms the southern border of the commune as it flows east to join the Hers. The Ruisseau de Pépoulant also flows east across the commune a little further north and joins the Hers.^[3][4]

Mapping

A list of online mapping systems can be displayed by clicking on the coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the top right hand corner of this article.

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Toponymy

La Bastide-sur-l'Hers appears as la Baftide de Cougoust on the 1750 Cassini Map^[5] and as la Bastide on the 1790 version.^[6]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[7]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1989	2020	Jacky Barbe

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 724 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
501	490	573	566	620	626	585	673	706

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
679	763	774	817	877	912	965	981	1,024

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
976	951	982	956	929	880	797	751	850

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
870	796	782	763	733	674	710	724	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Sites and Monuments

• The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption. The keystone indicates a date of 1527. An organ was installed there in 2008 following an anonymous bequest to the pastor of the parish, who also donated. This instrument, with two keyboards and pedals, was built by Krischer (Rouen) in 1893.
• A Protestant church was built in 1826
• A Covered Market from the late 19th century

There is a Monumental Painting (18th century) in a house which is registered as an historical object but its location is unclear.^[8]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Philippe Tissié was born in La Bastide-sur-l'Hers on 18 October 1852.
• Annie Campayo wife of SABY was born in la Bastide-sur-l'Hers on 3 February 1951.

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

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, 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 and 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. La Bastide-sur-l'Hers on Lion1906
2. Inhabitants of Ariège (French)
3. La Bastide-sur-l'Hers on Google Maps
4. La Bastide-sur-l'Hers on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
5. la Baftide de Cougoust on the 1750 Cassini Map
6. la Bastide on the 1790 Cassini Map
7. List of Mayors of France (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM09000075 Monumental Painting (French)

External links

• Official site