Péguilhan is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the Haute-Garonne
department in southwestern
France
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in the historical region of
Gascony. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of
Lunax was merged into Péguilhan.
Péguilhan has far-reaching views towards the Pyrenees. It is surrounded by woodland and open countryside and a mixture of arable and livestock farming. Some houses in the area have been bought by British incomers, although the majority in recent times have been Dutch and German.
Population
Personalities
It was possibly the birthplace of
Aimeric de Peguilhan
Aimeric or Aimery de Peguilhan, Peguillan, or Pégulhan (c. 1170 – c. 1230) was a troubadour (fl. 1190–1221)Gaunt and Kay, 279. born in Peguilhan (near Saint-Gaudens), the son of a cloth merchant.
Aimeric's first patron was Raimon ...
, a medieval
troubadour
A troubadour (, ; oc, trobador ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a ''trobairi ...
, although this is debated.
Geography
The river
Gesse
The Gesse (; oc-gsc, Gessa) is a long river in the Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne and Gers'' départements'', southwestern France. Its source is at Arné, on the plateau de Lannemezan. It flows generally northeast. It is a left tributary of t ...
flows northwards through the commune towards the market town of Boulogne-sur-Gesse; the
Gimone
The Gimone (; oc-gsc, Gimona) is a river in south-western France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the foothills of the Pyrenees, near Lannemezan. It flows north through the following ''départements'' and towns:
* Hautes-Pyrén ...
forms most its western border.
Péguilhan kerk 2.jpg, Interior of the church
Péguilhan kasteel.jpg, Château de Villeneuve
Literature
Péguilhan is the setting for Martin Calder's travel memoir ''A Summer in Gascony'', about life on a farm with a local Gascon family, centred on the inn at the end of the village. The book is set in the early 1990s and was published in 2008 by Nicholas Brealey publishing.
See also
*
Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
References
Communes of Haute-Garonne
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