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Barbazan, Haute-Garonne

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Barbazan
Commune
The town hall in Barbazan
The town hall in Barbazan
Coat of arms of Barbazan
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Barbazan
Barbazan is located in France
Barbazan
Barbazan
Location within France
Barbazan is located in Occitanie
Barbazan
Barbazan
Location within Occitanie
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
1
6.05 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
512
 • Density84.6/km2 (219/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.

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

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
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
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
FromToName
19371944Baptiste Foucadet
19441947André Casteix
19471947Bertrand Fourcade
19471957Pierre Pujole
19571960Jacques Vollant
19601972Paul Bertrand
19721977Henri Fontagneres
19771985Georges Guichard
19851989Jean Serny
19892014Henri Galy
20142026Michelle Stradere

Demography

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

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 de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 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 municipale entre 1968 et 2023, 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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