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Country
  
France

Department
  
Gers

Population (2012)
  
1,532

Area
  
21.03 km²

Region
  
Occitanie

Canton
  
Masseube

Time zone
  
CET (UTC +1) (UTC+1)

Arrondissement
  
Mirande

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Masseube (Masseuva in Gascon) is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.

Contents

Map of 32140 Masseube, France

History

Masseube ("The farmhouse of the forest") was originally the name of a farm belonging to Escaladieu Abbey, in Bigorre. In 1274, the Abbey and Bernard IV of Astarac founded a Bastide in Masseube. It got its customary laws 2 years later. The bastide still has its streets at right angles, an old on the common house which is now the Mairie, and houses built with timber.

Population

Its inhabitants are called Massylvains

Sites of interest

  • Église Saint-Christophe, originally from the 13th Century c., was reconstructed in 1700; it was again rebuilt in 1883 when it was threatening to topple. The only conserved pieces are the lower part of the façade and the tower. The rest was reconstructed in the style of the 13th Century. In 1932-33, in honor of the 50th year after the renovation, Paul Noël Lasseran was called to paint murals. He finished a majority of them before his death in 1933.
  • Rue Lagrange: This road is spanned by a cover which connects to buildings which were originally agricultural.

    • Notable people

  • Jean-Marie Ducos: Deputy of Gers and member of the First French Parliament from 1798-99.

    • Heraldry

    The coat of arms was changed in 2009.

    References

    Masseube Wikipedia
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