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Lannepax

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Lannepax - Tourism, holidays & weekends guide in the Gers
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Lannepax in Gascon Lannapatz, mean "heath peace" where Crassus, Caesar's lieutenant received the submission of Aquitaine to 56 BC. AD

The proximity of English Aquitaine and the crossing of the Roman road Bordeaux-Toulouse led the Counts of Armagnac are to create a new city in 1290. Walls and ditches, the remains of which still exist, are still visible. After the Hundred Years War in 1453, the Bastide is rebuilt, this time the village has many half-timbered houses with their or their "embans".

The community depends successively counts of Armagnac, the kings of Navarre and the King of France from Henry IV.

At the end of the 19th century, Lannepax account 1580 inhabitants. Then the phylloxera crisis has weakened the local economy.

Geographical information

MunicipalityLannepax
Postcode32190
Latitude43.8000990 (N 43° 48’ 0”)
Longitude0.2269320 (E 0° 13’ 37”)
AltitudeFrom 107m to 217m
Surface area30.84 km²
Population519 inhabitants
Density16 inhabitants/km²
PrefectureAuch (39 km, 36 min)
Insee code32190
IntercommunalityCC du Grand Armagnac
DepartmentGers
TerritoriesGascony, Midi-Pyrénées
RegionOccitanie

Nearest cities & towns

Ramouzens4 km (4 min)
Noulens6.1 km (6 min)
Justian6.8 km (16 min)
Courrensan7 km (10 min)
Lagraulas8.2 km (9 min)
Dému8.3 km (10 min)
Bascous8.6 km (10 min)
Mourède8.9 km (16 min)
Vic-Fezensac9.1 km (9 min)
Castillon-Debats11.2 km (18 min)
Marambat11.8 km (13 min)
Cazeneuve11.8 km (18 min)
Gondrin12.1 km (17 min)
Roques12.2 km (20 min)

Things to see and do

The church, built around the early 14th century, divided into two aisles in 1495. The interior was redone in 1860 in neo-Gothic style with three naves and a vault. It is topped by a powerful tower, like a watchtower that roofing inspiration Tyrolean hat.

Site of the "Devil's Hole" along the D118 2 km from the village. Cavity where Rieuze separating the town from that Lannepax Ramouzens stream disappears. After a career in the land of a hundred meters, the water returns to the surface to "Eye of the Devil" and form the source of the stream that joins the Coquesalle Auzou. The purity of the water allows crayfish and trout proliferate ...

Visit cellars of Armagnac at the western entrance of the village.

In the South you can see the hill where Ario in the 13th century was a medieval town, now topped by a water tower, the second of the town.

Events and festivities

Garage sale May 1

Patronal feast on the last Sunday of July, the Sunday closest to St. Jacques, patron saint of the church Lannepax.

Photos

Republic Square
Republic Square
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Old Houses around the place...
Old Houses around the place...
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Lou Pesques pond south exit
Lou Pesques pond south exit
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Le Trou du Diable
Le Trou du Diable
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Castle Gajan
Castle Gajan
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Village Lannepax
Village Lannepax
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Ario Hill, the highest point of the town 217 m
Ario Hill, the highest point of the town 217 m
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The station, currently agricultural cooperative
The station, currently agricultural cooperative
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Old laundry at a place called Garaut
Old laundry at a place called Garaut
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Old laundry at a place called Garaut
Old laundry at a place called Garaut
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Weather

Friday 19 april
Min. 1°C - Max. 18°C
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Saturday 20 april
Min. 6°C - Max. 18°C
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Sunday 21 april
Min. 4°C - Max. 15°C
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Visits, leisure and activities nearby

Leisure activities

Last nameActivity typeRateCity
Bamboo maze, cellar tour and Armagnac tasting
Local flavoursFreeLarroque-sur-l'Osse (19.4 km)
Tour of the Sables Fauves Saffron Farm
Local flavoursFreeParleboscq (20 km)

Outings

Last nameOuting typeDifficultyDurationDeparture municipality
Lake Aignan
HikeEasy1:40Aignan (16.3 km)
Bazian-Riguepeu over the fields
HikeEasy2:30Bazian (16.5 km)
Castelnau-barbarens: the path of Saint-Guiraud
HikeIntermediate3:25Castelnau-Barbarens (47 km)

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