Houga

Houga is a common French, located in the department of the Gers and the area the Midday-Pyrenees. Its name comes from the Gascon heugar which means “Fougeraie”.

Its inhabitants is called Folgariens.

Geography

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Church Saint Pierre: octagonal tower a 31 meters height, organ.
Church of the district of Aubin Saint: Retable XVIII century (restored).
Church of the district of Toujun.
Arenas: races landaises, Novillada zoological S.
Space: The farm with the stags and wild boars.
Stele with the memory of Paul Lacôme d' Estalenx, set up in the communal garden near the house in which he lived.

Personalities related to the commune

Antoine Destremau (1636 - 1685), doctor at the Court of Golconde and negotiating out of invaluable stones.
Pierre-Sebastien Laurentie (January 21st, 1793 - February 9th, 1876), journalist and historian.
Paul Lacôme d' Estalenx (March 4th, 1838 - December 12th, 1920), type-setter and critical musical.
Joseph Lasies (February 21st, 1862 - February 23rd, 1927), appointed Gers of 1898 to 1910, appointed the Seine of 1914 to 1919.
Joseph de Pesquidoux (1869 - 1946), writer and academician.
Julien Péridier (1882 - April 19th, 1967), astronomer.
Jean-François d' Estalenx (1886 - 1971), writer ( the Republic of Houga ).

See too

Common of Gers

External bonds

Localization

Localization of Houga on a chart of France
Houga on the site of the national geographical Institute
Plane of Houga on “Mapquest”
communes near Houga

Administrative data

Houga on the site of INSEE

Tourism

Houga on the site of “Culture Leisures Nogaro Animation”
Houga on the site of the Quid
Houga on the site of the “Community of Communes of Low-Armagnac”

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