Lombez (Lombers in Gascon) is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitania region (France). Historically and culturally, the commune is in Savès, a small Gascony province.
Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Save, the Espienne and various other small rivers.
Lombez is a rural commune which has 2,143 inhabitants in 2021, after having experienced a sharp increase in population since 1962.
It is part of the Toulouse catchment area. Its inhabitants are called Lombéziens or Lombéziennes.
Main attractions
- Barbet Castle, former property of the De Scorbiac family, today the base of a Dutch real estate development;
- The Saint-Majan chapel, located on a hillside overlooking the town on the supposed site of the hermitage of St Majan;
- The former Capuchin convent, listed in the inventory of historic monuments of the Gers since 1977, located on Boulevard des Pyrénées, reassigned to the national gendarmerie in 1793;
- The old Sainte-Marie cathedral, Toulouse-style architecture (fairground bricks) with a double nave, with a 43-metre-high “tower” bell tower, and listed in the inventory of historic monuments of the Gers since 1846.
- The hospital chapel, Chemin des Religieuses.
- Former Notre-Dame de Lombez abbey.
How to get to?
From Paris: 8 hr 2 min (717 km) via A20
From Toulouse: 59 min (60.6 km) via N124
From Andorra: 3 hr 10 min (191 km) via D919
From Barcelona: 4 hr 45 min (445 km) via AP-7 and A61
From Madrid: 7 hr 41 min (746 km) via A-1
From Monaco: 6 hr 12 min (638 km) via A8
From Moscow: 35 hr (3,502 km) via E30/M1
From Belgrade: 18 hr 26 min (1,942 km) via E70
From Istanbul: 28 hr (2,891 km) via E70
From Bern: 8 hr 26 min (896 km) via A9
Main information
Area: 20 km2
Population: 2 143
Coordinates: 43°28′32″N 0°54′40″E
Language: French
Currency: Euro
Visa: Schengen
Time: Central European UTC +1
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