La Bastide-de-Bousignac
La Bastide-de-Bousignac | |
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 The bell tower in La Bastide-de-Bousignac | |
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  La Bastide-de-Bousignac  La Bastide-de-Bousignac | |
| Coordinates: 43°03′17″N 1°53′10″E / 43.0547°N 1.8861°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Pamiers |
| Canton | Mirepoix |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Mirepoix |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Simorre[1] |
| Area 1 | 12.53 km2 (4.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 340 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09039 /09500 |
| Elevation | 310–500 m (1,020–1,640 ft) (avg. 326 m or 1,070 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-Bousignac (French pronunciation: [la bastid də buziɲak]; Occitan: La Bastida de Bosinhac) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.[3]
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bousignacois or Bousignacoises.[4]
Geography
[edit]La Bastide-de-Bousignac is located just 3 km south of Mirepoix and 2 km north of Saint-Quentin-la-Tour. Access to the commune is by the D625 road from Mirepoix which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues south to Saint-Quentin-la-Tour. The D7 goes east from the village to Lagarde. The D7A goes south-west from the village to Saint-Julien-de-Gras-Capou. The D78 comes from Saint-Julien-de-Gras-Capou in the south and passes north through the western arm of the commune continuing to join the D13 south of Besset. The commune is mixed farmland and forest.[5][6]
The Countirou river flows from the south through the centre of the commune and the village and continues north to join the Hers at Mirepoix. The Ruisseau de Gradal rises in the east of the commune and flows west to join the Countirou north of the village. The Ruisseau de Mazeroles flows through the western arm of the commune from south to north continuing north to join the Hers at Besset.[5][6]
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History
[edit]La Bastide-de-Bousignac appears as la Baftide de Bouzujnac on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and as la Baftide on the 1790 version.[8]
Administration
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| From | To | Name |
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| 1790 | 1792 | Jean Lanta |
| 1792 | 1794 | Jean Boudouresque |
| 1794 | 1798 | Jean Pilles |
| 1798 | 1815 | Joseph Boudouresque |
| 1815 | 1824 | Baptiste Fidency |
| 1824 | 1830 | Maurice Boudouresque |
| 1830 | 1847 | François Authie |
| 1847 | 1865 | François Boudouresque |
| 1865 | 1870 | Jean Baptiste Authie |
| 1870 | 1871 | François Boudouresque |
| 1871 | 1877 | Jean Baptiste Authie |
| 1877 | 1909 | Maurice Boudouresque |
| 1909 | 1920 | Noël Authie |
| 1920 | 1929 | Jules Sénié |
| 1929 | 1947 | Joseph Henri Elie Cassagne |
| 1947 | 2014 | Roger Sénié |
| 2014 | 2020 | Grégory Balard |
| 2020 | 2026 | Alain Simorre |
In February 2013 Roger Senie announces he would not stand in 2014.[10][11] In July 2013 he was reelected mayor after resigning in protest against the forced inclusion of La Bastide-de-Bousignac into the community of communes of the Pays de Mirepoix. Serving from 1947 to 2014, he was the oldest mayor in France equally with Arthur Richier, the mayor of Faucon-du-Caire in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.[12] who, like him, did not stand in March 2014.[13]
Demography
[edit]In 2017 the commune had 338 inhabitants.
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Culture and heritage
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Religious heritage
[edit]- The Church Bell (Middle Ages)
is registered as an historical monument.[16]
Notable people linked to the commune
[edit]- Pierre Espert de Sibra (1771–1835), General of the armies of the Republic and the Empire, died in the hamlet of Balach.
- Roger Sénié (born in 1921), Mayor of the commune from 1947 to 2014
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Inhabitants of Ariège (in French)
- ^ a b c La Bastide-de-Bousignac on Google Maps
- ^ a b La Bastide-de-Bousignac on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- ^ la Baftide de Bouzujnac on the 1750 Cassini Map
- ^ la Baftide on the 1790 Cassini Map
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ La Bastide de Bousignac: the "oldest mayor in France" abandons the political battle Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ La Bastide-de-Bousignac. Roger Sénié, 93 years, renounces his post as mayor, La Dépêche du Midi, 11 February 2014. Consulted on 14 February 2014. (in French)
- ^ Mayor since 1947, he was elected again (in French)
- ^ A. N., The last wishes of the oldest Mayor in France, La Provence, 4 February 2014, p. 9. (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bastide-de-Bousignac, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00093773 Church Bell (in French)
