Péguilhan

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Péguilhan
Commune
The church in Péguilhan
The church in Péguilhan
Coat of arms of Péguilhan
Coat of arms
Location of Péguilhan
Péguilhan is located in France
Péguilhan
Péguilhan
Coordinates: 43°18′54″N 0°42′29″E / 43.315°N 0.7081°E / 43.315; 0.7081Coordinates: 43°18′54″N 0°42′29″E / 43.315°N 0.7081°E / 43.315; 0.7081
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementSaint-Gaudens
CantonSaint-Gaudens
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Céline Laurenties Barrere[1]
Area
1
23.58 km2 (9.10 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
276
 • Density12/km2 (30/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 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.[3]

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.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 4 August 2016 (in French)
  4. ^ Martin Calder (2009). A Summer in Gascony (2 ed.). Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1857885317.


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