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Country
  
France

Department
  
Lot-et-Garonne

Intercommunality
  
Pays de Lauzun

Area
  
11.73 km²

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Lauzun

Population (2009)
  
285

Arrondissement
  
Marmande

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Bourgougnague is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Contents

Map of 47410 Bourgougnague, France

History

From the 4th century AD, barbarians swept into the Gallic Empire. In the 5th century, the Germanic peoples and Burgundians settled in the area. The town owes its name to these people: the pronunciation in Germanic gave "Burgundiaca" meaning "field of the Burgundians."

Sites and Monuments

  • The Church of Our Lady of Bourgougnague (Église Notre-Dame de Bourgougnague) from the 13th century. The choir was painted before World War II by the Italian painter Giovanni Masutti, from Stevana in the Treviso region.
  • The Church of St. Lawrence (Église de Saint-Laurent).
  • Jolibert Castle (Château de Jolibert) which houses the first of the Rural Family Homes (Maison familiale rurale - an association devoted to educate young people) in Europe.
  • The manor of the great moor with its chapel dating from the 16th century. This area is a dependency of the Lauzun castle but was also a hunting reserve of King Henry IV.

    • Famous people

  • Abbé Pierre-Joseph Granereau: founder of the Rural Family Homes (Maison familiale rurale .

    • References

    Bourgougnague Wikipedia
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