La Bastide-sur-l'Hers (, literally ''La Bastide on 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 ...

''; oc, La Bastida d'Èrç) is a

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in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of southwestern

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Bastidhersois'' or ''Bastidhersoises''.

Geography

La Bastide-sur-l'Hers is located some 28 km south-east of

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and 3 km north-east of

Lavelanet Lavelanet (; ''L'Avelhanet'' in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Population Its inhabitants are called ''Lavelanetiens.'' Tour de France In 20 ...

. Access to the commune is by the D620 road from Laroque-d'Olmes in the north-west which goes east through the commune and the village and continues east to Le Peyrat. The D16 comes from L'Aiguillon in the south and passes north inside the eastern border of the commune to the village then continues north to join the D28A south of Léran. A former railway line now a walking trail passes through the commune from west to east just north of the village. The commune has two large belts of forest across the centre and south with most of the rest of the commune farmland.La Bastide-sur-l'Hers on Google Maps
/ref> The Hers river flows from the south forming the south-eastern border before passing through the village and continuing east to eventually join the Ariège at

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 ''Ruiseeau des Écrevisses'' forms the southern border of the commune as it flows east to join the Hers. The ''Ruisseau de Pépoulant'' also flows east across the commune a little further north and joins the Hers.

Toponymy

La Bastide-sur-l'Hers appears as ''la Baſtide de Cougoust'' on the 1750

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and as ''la Bastide'' on the 1790 version.

Administration

List of Successive

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Demography

In 2017 the commune had 678 inhabitants.

Sites and Monuments

*The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption. The keystone indicates a date of 1527. An organ was installed there in 2008 following an anonymous bequest to the pastor of the parish, who also donated. This instrument, with two keyboards and pedals, was built by Krischer (Rouen) in 1893. *A Protestant church was built in 1826 *A Covered Market from the late 19th century There is a Monumental Painting (18th century) in a house which is registered as an historical object but its location is unclear.Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Notable people linked to the commune

* Philippe Tissié was born in La Bastide-sur-l'Hers on 18 October 1852. * Annie Campayo wife of SABY was born in la Bastide-sur-l'Hers on 3 February 1951.

References

External links

Official site
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