department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in southwestern France in the historical region of
Gascony
Gascony (; french: Gascogne ; oc, Gasconha ; eu, Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453). From the 17th century until the French Revolution (1789–1799), it was part o ...
. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of
Lunax
Lunax ( Gascon: ''Lunats'' or ''Lunacs'') is a former commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Péguilhan.Aimeric de Peguilhan, a medieval troubadour, although this is debated.
Geography
The river Gesse flows northwards through the commune towards the market town of Boulogne-sur-Gesse; the Gimone forms most its western border.
Péguilhan kerk 2.jpg, Interior of the church
Péguilhan kasteel.jpg, Château de Villeneuve
Literature
Péguilhan is the setting for Martin Calder's travel memoir ''A Summer in Gascony'', about life on a farm with a local Gascon family, centred on the inn at the end of the village. The book is set in the early 1990s and was published in 2008 by Nicholas Brealey publishing.