Lescure, Ariège

Lescure
Lescure
	Commune
	The 12th Century church of Noguès
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lescure
	Lescure Lescure
	Coordinates: 43°00′05″N 1°14′03″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Est
Intercommunality	Val-Couserans
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Monreysse
Area 1	25.8 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	499
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09164 /09420
Elevation	410–820 m (1,350–2,690 ft) ; (avg. 493 m or 1,617 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lescure (in Occitan Era Escura) is a commune, located in the department of Ariège in the region of Occitanie, in southern France.

Its inhabitants are called Escurois.

Geography

Commune of the Pyrenees located in the urban area of Saint - Girons on the Baup . It is part of the Regional Natural Park of the Pyrenees ariégeoises .

Politics and Administration

List of successive mayors
Period	Identity	Label	Quality
2014- In progress	Maryse Perigaud	SE
2008-2014	Jean-Marie Monreysse	PS
2007-2008	Claude Pujol	PS
1984-2007	Michèle Eychenne
Missing data are to be completed.

Demographics

The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses carried out in the commune since 1793. From January 1, 2009, The legal populations of the communes are published annually in the framework of a census which is now based on an annual information gathering, successively covering all the communal territories over a period of five years. For municipalities with less than 10 000 inhabitants, a census survey covering the entire population is carried out every five years, the legal populations of the intermediate years being estimated by interpolation or extrapolation 1 . For the commune, the first comprehensive census under the new system was carried out in 2006 2, Note 1 .

In 2014, the municipality had 501 inhabitants, a decrease of -1.18% compared with 2009 ( Ariège : 0.95%, France excluding Mayotte : 2.49%).

Lescure, Ariège demographics histogram

Places and monuments

The bell tower of Nogues of the thirteenth century is located on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Place currently preserved by the association "Les Amis du Clocher de Nogues". The remains of this ancient church were listed historic monument by decree of June 6, 2012 .

Personalities related to the commune

Robert Redeker (born 1954), philosopher and writer
Thierry Escaich (born 1965), organist and composer, born in Nogent-sur-Marne but part of the family of which is attached to Lescure.
Raoul Béteille (1924-2015), magistrate

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References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.