La Bastide-sur-l'Hers

La Bastide-sur-l'Hers is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.[3]

La Bastide-sur-l'Hers
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of La Bastide-sur-l'Hers
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Coordinates: 42°57′24″N 1°54′35″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Mirepoix
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de Mirepoix
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guillaume Lopez[1]
Area ^1	4.77 km^2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	678
• Density	140/km^2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bastidhersois or Bastidhersoises.[4]

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.[5][6]

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.[5][6]

Toponymy

La Bastide-sur-l'Hers appears as la Baſtide de Cougoust on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and as la Bastide on the 1790 version.[8]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[9]

From	To	Name
1989	2020	Jacky Barbe
2020	2026	Guillaume Lopez

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 678 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 501 —     1800 490 −0.32% 1806 573 +2.64% 1821 566 −0.08% 1831 620 +0.92% 1836 626 +0.19% 1841 585 −1.35% 1846 673 +2.84% 1851 706 +0.96% 1856 679 −0.78% 1861 763 +2.36% 1866 774 +0.29% 1872 817 +0.91% 1876 877 +1.79% 1881 912 +0.79% 1886 965 +1.14% 1891 981 +0.33% 1896 1,024 +0.86%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 976 −0.96% 1906 951 −0.52% 1911 982 +0.64% 1921 956 −0.27% 1926 929 −0.57% 1931 880 −1.08% 1936 797 −1.96% 1946 751 −0.59% 1954 850 +1.56% 1962 870 +0.29% 1968 796 −1.47% 1975 782 −0.25% 1982 763 −0.35% 1990 733 −0.50% 1999 674 −0.93% 2007 720 +0.83% 2012 737 +0.47% 2017 678 −1.65%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

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.[12]

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

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. La Bastide-sur-l'Hers on Lion1906
4. Inhabitants of Ariège (in French)
5. La Bastide-sur-l'Hers on Google Maps
6. La Bastide-sur-l'Hers on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
7. la Baſtide de Cougoust on the 1750 Cassini Map
8. la Bastide 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-sur-l'Hers, EHESS. (in French)
11. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM09000075 Monumental Painting (in French)

External links

• Official site