Albi

Albi
region	Occitania
Department	Tarn ( prefecture )
Arrondissement	Albi
Canton	Albi-1 , Albi-2 , Albi-3 , Albi-4
Community association	Albigeois
Coordinates	43 ° 56 ' N , 2 ° 9' E Coordinates: 43 ° 56 ' N , 2 ° 9' E
height	130-308 m
surface	44.26 km 2
Residents	48,970 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	1,106 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	81000
INSEE code	81004
Website	City of Albi
	; City view with the Sainte-Cécile cathedral

Albi is a French commune and the capital of the Tarn department in the Occitania region with 48,970 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). Albi is the seat of a Catholic archbishop . In 2010 the ensemble of the Bischofsviertel was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List . The inhabitants are called Albigensians (French: Albigeois ).

geography

Albi is located around 80 kilometers northeast of Toulouse in the middle of southern France. The Tarn River flows through Albi .

history

The Romans created a city called Civitas Albiensium . In 843, Charles the Bald took control of the city.

After Albi, the Cathar religious community , which was subjected to severe persecution by the church in the Middle Ages , is also called the Albigensians . In the Albigensian Wars between 1209 and 1229, Albi was almost completely destroyed.

In 1678 the city became the seat of an archbishop and since 1790 it has been the prefecture of the Tarn department. From 1943 to 1944, Albi was the seat of a Wehrmacht garrison .

coat of arms

Description : In red, a golden, looking, running lion on a brick, silver crenellated wall with two open round gates and drawn silver bars . The golden patriarchal cross with clover-leaf arms behind the wall is accompanied on the right by a silver, outward-facing half moon with a face and on the left by a golden sighted midday sun .

Attractions

Episcopal Quarter (Cité épiscopale d'Albi): The Episcopal Quarter is the heart of the historic old town of Albis, with the Sainte-Cécile Cathedral , the Saint-Salvi Church and the Bishop's Palace ( Palais de la Berbie ) . In 2010 this urban ensemble was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List .
Museum Toulouse-Lautrec d'Albi: In the Bishop's Palace there is a museum dedicated to the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , who was born in Albi . In addition to many of his works, numerous paintings by other artists, such as Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin , can also be seen.

Educational institutions

Agriculture

A large part of the city's food supply is grown in permaculture in the vicinity . By 2020 Albi should be completely self-sufficient with products from a radius of 60 km. The city should be a role model for other cities in Europe.

Personalities

Monument to Jean-François de Lapérouse

Sons and daughters:

Claude Boyer (1618–1698), playwright and member of the Académie française
Michel Le Clerc (1622–1691), playwright, translator and member of the Académie française
François Sudre (1787–1862), music teacher and inventor of the planned language Solresol
Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières (1815–1895), engineer and general
François Combes (1816–1890), historian
Edouard de Perrodil (1860–1931), cyclist, author and journalist.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), painter and lithographer
Pierre Benoit (1886–1962), writer
Michel Folco (* 1943), photographer and writer
Marie-Christine Boutonnet (* 1949), politician
Gérard Onesta (* 1960), politician, Deputy President of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009
Anne Zenoni (* 1971), national soccer player
Cédric Coutouly (* 1980), racing cyclist
Lilian Calmejane (* 1992), racing cyclist
Billal Bennama (* 1998), boxer

People related to the city:

Pierre Amalric (1923–1999), French ophthalmologist and historian
Jean-François de Lapérouse (1741–1788), navigator, circumnavigator and geographer, born in the Château de Gô near Albi. A high school in Albi is named after him
Georges Pompidou (1911–1974), politician and president; spent his school days in Albi

Statue at the Berbie Palace
Church tower of the
Sainte-Cécile cathedral
Ste.-Cécile Cathedral, south side
Old bridge (Pont Vieux) over the Tarn in Albi
Garden of the
Palais de la Berbie
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec: Yvette Guilbert salue le public (1894), gouache, 48 cm × 28 cm, " Musée Toulouse-Lautrec "

Town twinning

Girona in Catalonia , Spain
Palo Alto in California , USA

Mars crater

A Martian crater is named after Albi .

literature

Nicolas-Marie-Joseph Chapuy: Cathédrales françaises. Vues pittoresques de la cathédrale de Albi . Paris 1829 ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Albi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the city of Albi (French)
Website about the Cathars (Albigensians)
Musèe Toulouse-Lautrec d'Albi (French, English, Spanish)

Individual evidence

^ Albi: The First City of France - Self: ALBI: The First City of France - Self-sufficiency with food. In: magazine.tnn-online.net. November 17, 2016, accessed July 28, 2018 .
↑ Re: Plow for the future - ARTE. In: arte.tv. September 18, 2015, accessed July 28, 2018 .

[tnn-onli-ALBI:_Di-1] Albi: The First City of France - Self: ALBI: The First City of France - Self-sufficiency with food. In: magazine.tnn-online.net. November 17, 2016, accessed July 28, 2018 .

[arte-2] Re: Plow for the future - ARTE. In: arte.tv. September 18, 2015, accessed July 28, 2018 .