Bagert | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Girons |
Canton: | Portes du Couserans |
Insee: | 09033 |
Postal Code: | 09230 |
Mayor: | Angel Nunes[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Couserans-Pyrénées |
Coordinates: | 43.0789°N 1.0831°W |
Elevation M: | 500 |
Elevation Min M: | 340 |
Elevation Max M: | 563 |
Area Km2: | 3.28 |
Bagert (in French pronounced as /baʒɛʁ/) is a commune in the department of Ariège in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
The commune is situated in the former province of Volvestre some 16km (10miles) north-west of Saint-Girons and 6 km north of Mercenac. Access to the commune is by the D335 road which branches off the D35 east of Betchat and passes through the heart of the commune then continues south-east to join the D3. The commune is predominantly forest with some farmland.[2]
The Ruisseau de Sournet forms the northern border of the commune as it flows west then north to join the Lens. The Ruisseau de Belloc forms part of the south-eastern border of the commune then flows north-west through the south of the commune to eventually join the Lens.[2]
From | To | Name | |
---|---|---|---|
2001 | 2008 | Alain Talarmin | |
2008 | 2014 | André Marsan | |
2014 | 2020 | Jean-Claude Dubois | |
2020 | 2026 | Angel Nunes |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bagertois or Bagertoises in French.[5]