Larressingle is a commune located in the north of the Gers department in the Occitania, Armagnac region (France). Historically and culturally, the commune is in Condomois, a former district of the province of Gascony with the title of county.
Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Osse and various other small rivers.
Larressingle is a rural commune that has 211 inhabitants as of 2021. It is part of the Condom catchment area. Its inhabitants are called Larressinglois or Larressingloises.
Larressingle is a member of the The Most Beautiful Villages of France association and welcomes an average of 133,000 visitors each year.
Main attractions
The Ramparts
The village is surrounded by a polygonal rampart 270 m round, almost intact except to the east. The enclosure opens to the west through a high fortified gate with breccia. The drawbridge that preceded it has today been replaced by a fixed bridge framed by two narrow pillars. The walls, sometimes still surrounded by curtains and battlements, are reinforced by square towers.
The Artigues Bridge
Located near Larressingle, it is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site as a crossing point on the Camino de Santiago in France. It is a neo-Romanesque work of four arches that remains one of the rare contemporary witnesses of the road to Santiago de Compostela. Nearby stood a convent that has now disappeared.
The Castle-Dungeon
Its trapezoidal mass on four levels, flanked by a hexagonal turret, is pierced with twin or mullioned windows; the interior, ruined, reveals some monumental overhanging chimneys.
The Church of Saint-Sigismond
The castle has a Romanesque church dedicated to Saint Sigismund. The building dating from the 12th and 13th centuries has been classified as a historic monument since 1988.
The Medieval Siege Camp of Middle Ages Machines
A tourist site, in the form of a reconstruction of a medieval camp, it has been set up on the outskirts of the city and welcomes visitors from March 21 to November 11. This animation allows you to discover and learn the techniques of the art of siege warfare, with reconstruction and demonstration of firing of siege engines.
Visitors can operate a medieval crane, a squirrel cage or a drum winch and, likewise, learn about archery, a crossbow and discover the minting of medieval coins.
The Pilgrim’s Stop Museum
The museum provides a historical evocation of life in the Middle Ages with 50 wax figures in period costumes.
How to get to?
From Paris: 7 hr 17 min (728 km) via A10
From Toulouse: 1 hr 51 min (123 km) via N124
From Andorra: 4 hr 9 min (305 km) via N124
From Barcelona: 5 hr 44 min (517 km) via AP-7 and A61
From Madrid: 7 hr 13 min (687 km) via A-1
From Monaco: 7 hr 8 min (704 km) via A8
From Moscow: 37 hr (3,521 km) via E30/M1
From Belgrade: 20 hr 11 min (2,008 km) via E70
From Istanbul: 30 hr (2,957 km) via E70
From Bern: 9 hr 1 min (934 km) via A89
Main information
Area: 8.55 km2
Population: 211
Coordinates: 43°56′45″N 0°18′40″E
Language: French
Currency: Euro
Visa: Schengen
Time: Central European UTC +1
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