La Bastide-de-Bousignac

La Bastide-de-Bousignac
Commune
The bell tower in La Bastide-de-Bousignac
Coat of arms
Location of La Bastide-de-Bousignac
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Coordinates: 43°03′17″N1°53′10″E / 43.0547°N 1.8861°E / 43.0547; 1.8861
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Mirepoix
Intercommunality	Pays de Mirepoix
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Simorre [1]
Area 1	12.53 km2 (4.84 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	340
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09039 /09500
Elevation	310–500 m (1,020–1,640 ft) (avg. 326 m or 1,070 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-Bousignac (French pronunciation: [labastiddəbuziɲak] ; Occitan : La Bastida de Bosinhac) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. ^[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bousignacois or Bousignacoises. ^[4]

Geography

La Bastide-de-Bousignac is located just 3 km south of Mirepoix and 2 km north of Saint-Quentin-la-Tour. Access to the commune is by the D625 road from Mirepoix which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues south to Saint-Quentin-la-Tour. The D7 goes east from the village to Lagarde. The D7A goes south-west from the village to Saint-Julien-de-Gras-Capou. The D78 comes from Saint-Julien-de-Gras-Capou in the south and passes north through the western arm of the commune continuing to join the D13 south of Besset. The commune is mixed farmland and forest. ^{[5] [6]}

The Countirou river flows from the south through the centre of the commune and the village and continues north to join the Hers at Mirepoix. The Ruisseau de Gradal rises in the east of the commune and flows west to join the Countirou north of the village. The Ruisseau de Mazeroles flows through the western arm of the commune from south to north continuing north to join the Hers at Besset. ^{[5] [6]}

History

La Bastide-de-Bousignac appears as la Baftide de Bouzujnac on the 1750 Cassini Map ^[7] and as la Baftide on the 1790 version. ^[8]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors ^[9]

From	To	Name
1790	1792	Jean Lanta
1792	1794	Jean Boudouresque
1794	1798	Jean Pilles
1798	1815	Joseph Boudouresque
1815	1824	Baptiste Fidency
1824	1830	Maurice Boudouresque
1830	1847	François Authie
1847	1865	François Boudouresque
1865	1870	Jean Baptiste Authie
1870	1871	François Boudouresque
1871	1877	Jean Baptiste Authie
1877	1909	Maurice Boudouresque
1909	1920	Noël Authie
1920	1929	Jules Sénié
1929	1947	Joseph Henri Elie Cassagne
1947	2014	Roger Sénié
2014	2020	Grégory Balard
2020	2026	Alain Simorre

In February 2013 Roger Senie announces he would not stand in 2014. ^{[10] [11]} In July 2013 he was reelected mayor after resigning in protest against the forced inclusion of La Bastide-de-Bousignac into the community of communes of the Pays de Mirepoix. Serving from 1947 to 2014, he was the oldest mayor in France equally with Arthur Richier, the mayor of Faucon-du-Caire in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. ^[12] who, like him, did not stand in March 2014. ^[13]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 338 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 454 —     1800 378 −2.58% 1806 457 +3.21% 1821 460 +0.04% 1831 504 +0.92% 1836 505 +0.04% 1841 489 −0.64% 1846 516 +1.08% 1851 507 −0.35% 1856 477 −1.21% 1861 484 +0.29% 1866 458 −1.10% 1872 449 −0.33% 1876 439 −0.56% 1881 443 +0.18% 1886 427 −0.73% 1891 403 −1.15% 1896 390 −0.65%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 355 −1.86% 1906 343 −0.69% 1911 323 −1.19% 1921 272 −1.70% 1926 280 +0.58% 1931 290 +0.70% 1936 272 −1.27% 1946 267 −0.19% 1954 284 +0.77% 1962 276 −0.36% 1968 251 −1.57% 1975 248 −0.17% 1982 296 +2.56% 1990 311 +0.62% 1999 327 +0.56% 2007 333 +0.23% 2012 338 +0.30% 2017 338 +0.00%
Source: EHESS [14] and INSEE [15]

Culture and heritage

The Church Bell

Religious heritage

• The Church Bell (Middle Ages) is registered as an historical monument. ^[16]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Pierre Espert de Sibra (1771–1835), General of the armies of the Republic and the Empire, died in the hamlet of Balach.
• Roger Sénié (born in 1921), Mayor of the commune from 1947 to 2014

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Inhabitants of Ariège (in French)
5. La Bastide-de-Bousignac on Google Maps
6. La Bastide-de-Bousignac on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
7. la Baftide de Bouzujnac on the 1750 Cassini Map
8. la Baftide on the 1790 Cassini Map
9. List of Mayors of France (in French)
10. La Bastide de Bousignac: the "oldest mayor in France" abandons the political battle Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
11. La Bastide-de-Bousignac. Roger Sénié, 93 years, renounces his post as mayor, La Dépêche du Midi, 11 February 2014. Consulted on 14 February 2014. (in French)
12. Mayor since 1947, he was elected again (in French)
13. A. N., The last wishes of the oldest Mayor in France, La Provence, 4 February 2014, p. 9. (in French)
14. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bastide-de-Bousignac, EHESS (in French).
15. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00093773 Church Bell (in French)