Boulaur (French pronunciation: [bulɔʁ]; Occitan: Bonlau) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.
Geography
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 163 | — |
| 1975 | 154 | −0.81% |
| 1982 | 140 | −1.35% |
| 1990 | 126 | −1.31% |
| 1999 | 128 | +0.18% |
| 2009 | 154 | +1.87% |
| 2014 | 162 | +1.02% |
| 2020 | 187 | +2.42% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Abbey
Boulaur Abbey, or St Mary's Abbey, Boulaur (French: Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Boulaur), is a monastery of Cistercian nuns. It was founded in the 12th century as a priory of the Order of Fontevraud that was abolished during the French Revolution. Cistercian nuns reinstated it at the end of the 19th century but were expelled under the Associations Act of 1901 (the Waldeck-Rousseau Law). Monastic life was definitively restored in 1949. In 2011 the community had about 30 nuns.[4] In 2022 they declared their intention to resettle the Trappist Abbey of Notre-Dame des Neiges.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Aleteia.org.fr - "L'incroyable multiplication des soeurs de Boulaur", Aleteia, Bérengère Dommaigné, 11 February 2020
- ^ de.catholicnewsagency.com - "Zisterzienserinnen übernehmen Trappistenabtei, wo Charles de Foucauld Novize war", 29 April 2022
Further reading
- Histoire de l'ordre de Fontevrault, 1100-1908; by the Religious of Sainte-Marie-de-Fontevrault-de-Boulaur (afterwards at Vera in Navarre). 3 vols. Auch, 1911–15
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