Jegun | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Jegun (Gers).svg |
Arrondissement: | Auch |
Canton: | Gascogne-Auscitaine |
Insee: | 32162 |
Postal Code: | 32360 |
Mayor: | Guy Lapeyre[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Grand Auch Cœur Gascogne |
Coordinates: | 43.7581°N 0.4603°W |
Elevation M: | 220 |
Elevation Min M: | 105 |
Elevation Max M: | 242 |
Area Km2: | 39.25 |
Jegun (in French pronounced as /ʒeɡœ̃/, Jégun; Occitan (post 1500);: Jigun) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.
The village lies 17km (11miles) from Auch.
The village was founded in the 11th century and fortified around 1180 by Bernard IV, count of Armagnac. It is a bastide, the original layout is still preserved today.In 1577, Henri de Navarre, also known as Henry IV, hid in one of the streets ("La Grande Rue", the central street of the village) to escape enemy troops commanded by Villars, the Governor of Guyenna.