Boulaur

Coordinates: 43°32′30″N 0°46′29″E / 43.5417°N 0.7747°E / 43.5417; 0.7747
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Boulaur
Cistercian abbey in Boulaur
Cistercian abbey in Boulaur
Location of Boulaur
Map
Boulaur is located in France
Boulaur
Boulaur
Boulaur is located in Occitanie
Boulaur
Boulaur
Coordinates: 43°32′30″N 0°46′29″E / 43.5417°N 0.7747°E / 43.5417; 0.7747
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentGers
ArrondissementAuch
CantonAstarac-Gimone
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Antoine Faure[1]
Area
1
9.03 km2 (3.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
187
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
32061 /32450
Elevation162–285 m (531–935 ft)
(avg. 155 m or 509 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Boulaur (French pronunciation: [bulɔʁ]; Occitan: Bonlau) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

Geography[edit]

Boulaur and its surrounding communes

Population[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 163—    
1975 154−0.81%
1982 140−1.35%
1990 126−1.31%
1999 128+0.18%
2009 154+1.87%
2014 162+1.02%
2020 187+2.42%
Source: INSEE[3]

Abbey[edit]

Boulaur Abbey, or St Mary's Abbey, Boulaur (French: Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Boulaur), is a monastery of Cistercian nuns. It was founded in the 12th century as a priory of the Order of Fontevraud that was abolished during the French Revolution. Cistercian nuns reinstated it at the end of the 19th century but were expelled under the Associations Act of 1901 (the Waldeck-Rousseau Law). Monastic life was definitively restored in 1949. In 2011 the community had about 30 nuns.[4] In 2022 they declared their intention to resettle the Trappist Abbey of Notre-Dame des Neiges.[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Aleteia.org.fr - "L'incroyable multiplication des soeurs de Boulaur", Aleteia, Bérengère Dommaigné, 11 February 2020
  5. ^ de.catholicnewsagency.com - "Zisterzienserinnen übernehmen Trappistenabtei, wo Charles de Foucauld Novize war", 29 April 2022

Further reading[edit]

  • Histoire de l'ordre de Fontevrault, 1100-1908; by the Religious of Sainte-Marie-de-Fontevrault-de-Boulaur (afterwards at Vera in Navarre). 3 vols. Auch, 1911–15