# Barbazan, Haute-Garonne

Barbazan (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Barbasan) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

## Geography

Barbazan is a Spa town in the Comminges region located some 13 km south-west of Saint-Gaudens and 12 km north of Cierp-Gaud. The western border of the commune is also the departmental border between Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées. Access to the commune is by Route nationale N125 which comes from the end of the A645 autoroute and passes down the western side of the commune south to Ore. The D26E road comes from Labroquère in the north-west and passes through the north of the commune ending in the village. The D26 comes from Valcabrère in the west and passes through the village continuing to Sauveterre-de-Comminges in the east. The D33D and the D33L go south from the village to join the N125. The commune has extensive forests in the east with some farmland in the west.
The Garonne river forms most of the western border of the commune as it flows north, passing through Toulouse, to eventually join the Dordogne to form the Gironde estuary at Bordeaux. Lake Barbazan, north-west of the village at 452 m above sea level, is of glacial origin. It is surrounded by moraine deposits: sub-glacial moraine from Cumania and rocky outcrops of moraine west of the Lake. The Ruisseau de Corp flows west from the lake to join the Garonne.

### Neighbouring communes and villages

vtePlaces adjacent to Barbazan, Haute-Garonne :
Labroquère
Cier-de-Rivière
Valcabrère
Barbazan
Sauveterre-de-Comminges
Loures-Barousse
Bertren
Malvezie :

### Heraldry

| Arms of Barbazan | Blazon: Vert, 3 jets of water Argent issuant from a fountain with antique base of Or on a wave Argent mouvant from base; in chief parti per pale: at 1 Gules with 4 otelles Argent addorsed saltrirewise, at 2 Azure with a cross of Or. |

## Administration

List of Successive Mayors
| From | To | Name |
| 1792 | 1800 | Mathieu Monserbe |
| 1800 | 1809 | Joseph Dulac |
| 1809 | 1815 | Bertrand Monserie |
| 1815 | 1818 | Pierre Lapeyrade |
| 1818 | 1822 | Jean-Jacques Marie d'Astorg |
| 1822 | 1828 | Nicolas Bourbon |
| 1828 | 1832 | Jean-Marie Bon |
| 1832 | 1840 | Jean Dulac |
| 1840 | 1843 | Jean Pujole |
| 1843 | 1847 | Jean-Mathieu Descaillaux |
| 1847 | 1848 | Jean Mondon |
| 1848 | 1852 | Gilles Mondon |
| 1852 | 1871 | Jean-Louis Gilles Mondon |
| 1871 | 1890 | Théophile Dulac |
| 1890 | 1924 | Romain Dombernard |
| 1924 | 1937 | Mathieu Allemane |

### Mayors from 1937

| From | To | Name |
| 1937 | 1944 | Baptiste Foucadet |
| 1944 | 1947 | André Casteix |
| 1947 | 1947 | Bertrand Fourcade |
| 1947 | 1957 | Pierre Pujole |
| 1957 | 1960 | Jacques Vollant |
| 1960 | 1972 | Paul Bertrand |
| 1972 | 1977 | Henri Fontagneres |
| 1977 | 1985 | Georges Guichard |
| 1985 | 1989 | Jean Serny |
| 1989 | 2014 | Henri Galy |
| 2014 | 2026 | Michelle Stradere |

## Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barbazanais or Barbazanaises in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 425 | — |
| 1800 | 416 | −0.31% |
| 1806 | 450 | +1.32% |
| 1821 | 485 | +0.50% |
| 1831 | 520 | +0.70% |
| 1836 | 540 | +0.76% |
| 1841 | 535 | −0.19% |
| 1846 | 555 | +0.74% |
| 1851 | 547 | −0.29% |
| 1856 | 548 | +0.04% |
| 1861 | 547 | −0.04% |
| 1866 | 513 | −1.28% |
| 1872 | 516 | +0.10% |
| 1876 | 484 | −1.59% |
| 1881 | 459 | −1.06% |
| 1886 | 430 | −1.30% |
| 1891 | 456 | +1.18% |
| 1896 | 471 | +0.65% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 431 | −1.76% |
| 1906 | 453 | +1.00% |
| 1911 | 427 | −1.18% |
| 1921 | 385 | −1.03% |
| 1926 | 381 | −0.21% |
| 1931 | 392 | +0.57% |
| 1936 | 421 | +1.44% |
| 1946 | 371 | −1.26% |
| 1954 | 438 | +2.10% |
| 1962 | 525 | +2.29% |
| 1968 | 516 | −0.29% |
| 1975 | 406 | −3.37% |
| 1982 | 386 | −0.72% |
| 1990 | 351 | −1.18% |
| 1999 | 378 | +0.83% |
| 2009 | 449 | +1.74% |
| 2014 | 441 | −0.36% |
| 2020 | 498 | +2.05% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE :

## Sites and monuments

Barbazan has two sites that are registered as historical monuments:
* The Chateau of Bagen (1544)
* The Flower Garden in the Chateau of Bagen on the D26 road

### Other sites of interest

* The Thermal baths
* The Lake
* The Church of Saint-Michel

## Notable people linked to the commune

* Jacques-Marie d'Astorg (1752-1822), Count of Astorg and Roquépine, Baron of Montégut, French soldier in the 18th and 19th centuries.