La Bastide-de-Lordat

Geography

La Bastide-de-Lordat is in the Pamiers urban area some 8 km east by north-east of Pamiers and 5 km north of Les Pujols. Access to the commune is by the D11 road from Pamiers which enters the west of the commune then turns north continuing to Belpech, changing to the D102 at the departmental border. Access to the village is by the D430 from Trémoulet in the north, by the D30 from Saint-Amadou in the south, and by the D6 from Lapenne in the east. The D30 continues past the village north-west to Montaut. The commune is almost entirely farmland with a few small patches of forest.

The Hers river forms the whole eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Ariege near Cintegabelle. The Estaut stream forms the whole western border of the commune as it flows north to join the Hers north-west of Belpech.

History

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

Heraldry

Blazon:

Or, a chevron fracted Sable.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 286 inhabitants.

| graph-pos = bottom |1793 |348 |1800 |300 |1806 |364 |1821 |388 |1831 |400 |1836 |419 |1841 |446 |1846 |458 |1851 |458 |1856 |489 |1861 |466 |1866 |459 |1872 |451 |1876 |425 |1881 |411 |1886 |373 |1891 |368 |1896 |386 |1901 |356 |1906 |334 |1911 |319 |1921 |258 |1926 |249 |1931 |254 |1936 |227 |1946 |237 |1954 |235 |1962 |241 |1968 |211 |1975 |182 |1982 |145 |1990 |153 |1999 |213 |2007 |255 |2012 |271 |2017 |286

Culture and heritage

The commune has a very large number of items that are registered as historical objects - mostly in the Church of Saint Etienne but with other objects in the Town Hall and the Cemetery.

Civil heritage

The War Memorial (1927) is registered as an historical monument.

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Cemetery (19th century)
• The Delquié Family Funeral Chapel (19th century)
• The Astre Family Funeral Chapel (19th century)
• The Castel-Maury Family Tomb (19th century)
• The Parish Church of Saint-Etienne (1875)

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/09040-la-bastide-de-lordat INSEE commune file]
3. [http://www.habitants.fr/ariege-09 Inhabitants of Midi-Pyrénées] {{in lang. fr
4. fr
5. {{Cassini-Ehess. 2875. La Bastide-de-Lordat
6. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-09040#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
7. {{Search Palissy. 09040
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA09000073. IA09000073 War Memorial {{in lang. fr
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA09000156. IA09000156 Cemetery {{in lang. fr
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA09000271. IA09000271 Delquié Family Funeral Chapel {{in lang. fr
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA09000221. IA09000221 Astre Family Funeral Chapel {{in lang. fr
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA09000201. IA09000201 Castel-Maury Family Tomb {{in lang. fr
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA09000003. IA09000003 Parish Church of Saint-Etienne {{in lang. fr
14. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/La+Bastide-de-Lordat,+France/@43.1447,1.7133,14z La Bastide-de-Lordat on Google Maps]
15. National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang. fr
16. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.1447&lon=1.7133&zoom=13 ''la Baftide Garderenoud'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]
17. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/clipmosaiccassini400.html?lat=43.1447&lon=1.7133&zoom=12 ''la Bastide'' on the 1790 Cassini Map]