Terraube

Terraube
Commune
The castle in Terraube
Coat of arms
Location of Terraube
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Coordinates: 43°54′27″N 0°33′09″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Lectoure-Lomagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Laffargue[1]
Area ^1	25.14 km^2 (9.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	370
• Density	15/km^2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32442 /32700
Elevation	85–227 m (279–745 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Terraube (French pronunciation: [tɛʁob]; Gascon: Terrauba) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

History

During the early stages of the French Wars of Religion in September 1562, many of the largely Protestant inhabitants were massacred by order of the Royalist commander Blaise de Montluc, and their bodies thrown into a well.^[3]

Geography

Terraube and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	520	—
1968	504	−3.1%
1975	522	+3.6%
1982	500	−4.2%
1990	435	−13.0%
1999	381	−12.4%
2008	391	+2.6%

See also

• Communes of the Gers department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Knecht 1995, p. 109.

Sources

• Knecht, Robert (1995). "The sword and the pen: Blaise de Monluc and his "Commentaires"". Renaissance Studies. 9 (1). JSTOR 24412373.