Boulaur
Commune in Occitania, France
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Boulaur (French pronunciation: [bulɔʁ]; Occitan: Bonlau) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.
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Cistercian abbey in Boulaur | |
 Location of Boulaur | |
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| Coordinates: 43°32′30″N 0°46′29″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gers |
| Arrondissement | Auch |
| Canton | Astarac-Gimone |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Antoine Faure[1] |
Area 1 | 9.03 km2 (3.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 171 |
| • Density | 18.9/km2 (49.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 32061 /32450 |
| Elevation | 162–285 m (531–935 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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]
