Gausac Explained

Gausac
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Spain Catalonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Catalonia
Coordinates:42.7083°N 0.7908°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Lleida
Subdivision Type3:Special division
Subdivision Name3:Val d'Aran
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Vielha e Mijaran
Elevation M:1,020
Population Total:518
Population As Of:2016
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:25538
Blank Name:Climate

Gausac (in Occitan (post 1500); pronounced as /gawˈzak/) is a village located in the municipality of Vielha e Mijaran, in the Val d'Aran. It is a set that is part of the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia.

The village of Gausac, head of the old homonymous municipality, is located at 994 m altitude, to the left of the Garonne and at the NW end of the plain of Vielha, at the foot of the mountain slopes of Varicauva. The nucleus, which in 1981 was 245 h, extends along the ridge overlooking the small gorge of Gausac, in a typical village setting, sloping. But the primitive image of an isolated people has been severely affected by the proximity of Vielha, the anarchic urbanization of which has gone towards Gausac's path and has determined that the two gay cores would unite, good and turning Gausac in a neighborhood of Vielha. At the lower end of the town, on the highway, there is the parochial church of Sant Martí de Gausac, Gothic (15th century), which stands out above the urbanistic scourge.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gausac . Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic . 11 December 2016 . Direcció General del Patrimoni Cultural de la Generalitat de Catalunya.