La Bastide-de-Besplas

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La Bastide-de-Besplas - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 43°10′03″N 1°16′32″E / 43.1675°N 1.2756°E

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La Bastide-de-Besplas
Commune
Location of La Bastide-de-Besplas
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Coordinates: 43°10′03″N 1°16′32″E / 43.1675°N 1.2756°E / 43.1675; 1.2756
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Arize-Lèze
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Antolini^[1]
Area ¹	10.22 km² (3.95 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	377
• Density	37/km² (96/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09038 /09350
Elevation	234–391 m (768–1,283 ft) (avg. 225 m or 738 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-Besplas is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.^[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Besplasois or Besplasoises.^[4]

Geography

La Bastide-de-Besplas is an old Bastide in the Massif de Plantaurel some 50 km south by south-west of Toulouse and 20 km west by north-west of Pamiers. Both the northern and southern borders of the commune are the departmental border with Haute-Garonne. Access to the commune is by the D628 from Montesquieu-Volvestre in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Daumazan-sur-Arize. The D326 branches off the D628 in the commune and goes north to join the D408 north of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland interspersed with some forest.^[5]^[6]

The Arize river flows through the centre of the commune and the village flowing from south-east to north-west where it continues to join the Garonne at Carbonne. The TaiVades stream rises in the north of the commune and flows north-west forming part of the northern border before joining the Arize on the commune border. The Ruisseau de Bergou forms the south-eastern border as it flows south-west to join the Arize. The Ruisseau d'Argain forms the southern border of the commune as it flows east to join the Arize in Daumazan-sur-Arize commune.^[5]^[6]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[5]

La Bastide-de-Besplas

History

La Bastide-de-Besplas appears as la Bafude de Besplas on the 1750 Cassini Map^[7] and as la Bailute on the 1790 version.^[8]

Administration

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2021)

List of Successive Mayors^[9]

From	To	Name
2001	2014	Jean-Pierre Bernabé
2014	2020	Nicolas Gareia
2020	2026	Dominique Antolini

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 380 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	205	—
1800	558	+15.38%
1806	665	+2.97%
1821	674	+0.09%
1831	675	+0.01%
1836	725	+1.44%
1841	706	−0.53%
1846	732	+0.73%
1851	720	−0.33%
1856	726	+0.17%
1861	720	−0.17%
1866	724	+0.11%
1872	724	+0.00%
1876	741	+0.58%
1881	652	−2.53%
1886	653	+0.03%
1891	625	−0.87%
1896	601	−0.78%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	575	−0.88%
1906	556	−0.67%
1911	568	+0.43%
1921	523	−0.82%
1926	527	+0.15%
1931	513	−0.54%
1936	506	−0.27%
1946	466	−0.82%
1954	461	−0.13%
1962	468	+0.19%
1968	453	−0.54%
1975	403	−1.66%
1982	307	−3.81%
1990	302	−0.21%
1999	294	−0.30%
2007	365	+2.74%
2012	390	+1.33%
2017	380	−0.52%

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Source: EHESS^[10] and INSEE^[11]

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Bout-du-pont (1663) is registered as an historical monument.^[12]

The Chapel contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

A Commemorative plaque (1728)^[13]
A Ceiling Mural (18th century)^[14]
A Statue: Christ on the Cross (16th century)^[15]
A Retable (17th century)^[16]

The Parish Church also contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

A Painting: The beheading of Saint John the Baptist (17th century)^[17]
A Bronze Bell (1410)^[18]
A Statue: Saint Louis (18th century)^[19]
A Statue: Virgin and child (17th century)^[20]
A Statue: Saint John the Baptist (18th century)^[21]
A Chalice (19th century)^[22]
An Offering Cross (19th century)^[23]
A Chalice (19th century)^[24]
A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (18th century)^[25]

Notable people linked to the commune

Louis Astre, French trade unionist, born in the commune, where his parents were teachers, and spent his early years there.
Henri Cuq, French Politician
Abbot Casy Rivière