Péguilhan

Péguilhan is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France in the historical region of Gascony. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Lunax was merged into Péguilhan.[2]

Péguilhan
Commune
The church in Péguilhan
Coat of arms
Location of Péguilhan
Péguilhan
Péguilhan
Coordinates: 43°18′54″N 0°42′29″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementSaint-Gaudens
CantonSaint-Gaudens
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Michel Brocas
Area
1
23.58 km2 (9.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
286
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
31412 /31350
Elevation218–345 m (715–1,132 ft)
(avg. 347 m or 1,138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Péguilhan has far-reaching views towards the Pyrenees. It is surrounded by woodland and open countryside and a mixture of arable and livestock farming. Some houses in the area have been bought by British incomers, although the majority in recent times have been Dutch and German.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962313—    
1968334+6.7%
1975259−22.5%
1982250−3.5%
1990232−7.2%
1999221−4.7%
2004222+0.5%
2009241+8.6%
2014218−9.5%

Personalities

It was possibly the birthplace of Aimeric de Peguilhan, a medieval troubadour, although this is debated.

Geography

The river Gesse flows northwards through the commune towards the market town of Boulogne-sur-Gesse; the Gimone forms most its western border.

  • Interior of the church
  • Château de Villeneuve

Literature

Péguilhan is the setting for Martin Calder's travel memoir A Summer in Gascony, about life on a farm with a local Gascon family, centred on the inn at the end of the village. The book is set in the early 1990s and was published in 2008 by Nicholas Brealey publishing.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 4 August 2016 (in French)
  3. Martin Calder (2009). A Summer in Gascony (2 ed.). Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1857885317.


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