La Bastide-de-Bousignac

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.

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.

History

La Bastide-de-Bousignac appears as la Baftide de Bouzujnac on the 1750 Cassini Map and as la Baftide on the 1790 version.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

In February 2013 Roger Senie announces he would not stand in 2014. 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. who, like him, did not stand in March 2014.

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 338 inhabitants.

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Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

• The Church Bell (Middle Ages) is registered as an historical monument.

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

References

References

1. (13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/09039-la-bastide-de-bousignac INSEE commune file]
3. [http://www.habitants.fr/ariege-09 Inhabitants of Ariège] {{in lang. fr
4. fr
5. [http://www.ariegenews.com/ariege/communes/2013/58543/la-bastide-de-bousignac-le-plus-vieux-maire-de-france-abandonne-le-com.html La Bastide de Bousignac: the "oldest mayor in France" abandons the political battle] {{webarchive. link. (2015-12-08 {{in lang). fr
6. [http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/02/11/1815678-bastide-bousignac-roger-senie-93-ans-renonce-presenter-mairie.html 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 lang. fr
7. [http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2013/07/22/97001-20130722FILWWW00499-maire-depuis-66-ans-il-est-de-nouveau-elu.php Mayor since 1947, he was elected again] {{in lang. fr
8. A. N., ''The last wishes of the oldest Mayor in France'', La Provence, 4 February 2014, p. 9. {{in lang. fr
9. {{Cassini-Ehess. 2872. La Bastide-de-Bousignac
10. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-09039#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. PA00093773. PA00093773 Church Bell {{in lang. fr
12. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/La+Bastide-de-Bousignac,+France/@43.0547,1.8861,14z La Bastide-de-Bousignac on Google Maps]
13. National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang. fr
14. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.0547&lon=1.8861&zoom=13 ''la Baftide de Bouzujnac'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]
15. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/clipmosaiccassini400.html?lat=43.0547&lon=1.8861&zoom=12 ''la Baftide'' on the 1790 Cassini Map]