La Bastide-de-Besplas is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.[3]

La Bastide-de-Besplas
Commune
Location of La Bastide-de-Besplas
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Coordinates: 43°10′03″N 1°16′32″E
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  (Jan. 2019)[2]	383
• Density	37/km2 (97/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.

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]

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

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List of Successive Mayors[9]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 380 inhabitants.

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 oobjects:

• 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

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

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