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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Boulaur

Boulaur (French pronunciation: [bulɔʁ]; Occitan: Bonlau) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

Geography

Boulaur and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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

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. In 2022 they declared their intention to resettle the Trappist Abbey of Notre-Dame des Neiges.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Aleteia.org.fr - "L'incroyable multiplication des soeurs de Boulaur", Aleteia, Bérengère Dommaigné, 11 February 2020
  5. ^ 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