La Bastide-de-Lordat (; oc, La Bastida de Lordat) is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Ariège department in the
Occitanie Occitanie may refer to:
*Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French
*Occitania (administrative region)
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region of south-western
France
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.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Bastidiens'' or ''Bastidiennes''.
Geography
La Bastide-de-Lordat is in the
Pamiers
Pamiers (; oc, Pàmias ) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although i ...
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
Belpech (; oc, Bèlpuèg) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Geography
Belpech is a town of 1300 inhabitants built at 245 meters above sea level; old medieval Bastide located at the foot of a sunny slope of Lauragais, ...
, 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
Hers may refer to:
* The possessive pronoun version of she
* Two rivers in southern France:
** Hers-Vif (also: ''Grand Hers'' or ''Hers'')
** Hers-Mort
* The Georgian name for the indigenous people of Hereti, more commonly called Èrs
* Her's, a ...
river forms the whole eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Ariege near Cintegabelle
Cintegabelle (; oc, Senta Gabèla) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Geography
The commune is bordered by ten other communes, five of them is in Haute-Garonne and five of them is in Ariège: Auterive to the ...
. 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.][
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Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 286 inhabitants.
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)[Ministry of Culture, Mérimée ]
See also
* Communes of the Ariège department
References
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Communes of Ariège (department)