Péguilhan

Péguilhan

Coat of arms
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
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Saint-Gaudens
Canton Boulogne-sur-Gesse
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Brocas
Area1 18.48 km2 (7.14 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 238
 • Density 13/km2 (33/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 31412 / 31350
Elevation 218–345 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Péguilhan is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France in the historical region of Gascony.

Interior of the church
Château de Villeneuve

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%
2008238+7.7%

Personalities

It was the possibly 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.

Literature

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

See also

References

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