Belmont-Bretenoux

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Belmont-Bretenoux
Belmont-Bretenoux coat of arms
Belmont-Bretenoux (France)
Belmont-Bretenoux
region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Figeac
Canton Cère et Ségala
Community association Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Coordinates 44 ° 53 '  N , 1 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 53 '  N , 1 ° 53'  E
height 146-406 m
surface 6.65 km 2
Residents 401 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 60 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 46130
INSEE code 46024
Website www.belmont-bretenoux.fr

Belmont-Bretenoux is a French commune with 401 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Figeac and the canton of Cère et Ségala (until 2015: canton of Bretenoux ).

The first part of the name of the community can be interpreted as a translation of the Latin bellus mons ( German  beautiful hill ). The adjective bellus does not necessarily have to be given its first meaning. Rather, it can point to a place from which a clear view of the surroundings is granted and, for example, an approaching enemy can be quickly discovered. Some etymologists see a proto-Indo-European root bal- / bel- ( German  rock spike , hill ) in the first part . The toponym would therefore represent a pleonasm .

The second part of the parish name indicates a former colony of Bretons .

The inhabitants are called Belmontois and Belmontoises .

geography

Belmont-Bretenoux is located approximately 35 kilometers north-northwest of Figeac in the historic province of Quercy on the northern edge of the department.

Belmont-Bretenoux is surrounded by the five neighboring communities:

Cornac
Saint-Michel-Loubéjou Neighboring communities Saint-Laurent-les-Tours
Saint-Jean-Lespinasse Saint-Céré

Belmont-Bretenoux is located in the catchment area of the Dordogne river .

The Mamoul, a tributary of the Dordogne, flows along a short section of the border with the neighboring municipality of Cornac to the north. The Ruisseau d'Aygue vieille, a tributary of the Bave , has its source in the municipality.

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 465 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to around 210 inhabitants during short periods of recovery by the 1960s, before the growth phase that is now set in still persists.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 235 211 211 255 311 323 320 366 401
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Cyr

The church has two patron saints , St. Quiricus and St. Julitta. It dates primarily from the 15th century. It originally had a main nave with a length of two bays and a flat apse . Two side chapels on the north and south sides were added. The choir was expanded by two rooms that frame it in the north and south. In the 18th century the church was redesigned. The two side chapels were doubled, which they converted into aisles. Presumably the apse was extended to today's semicircular apse. A canopy that rests on two pillars protects the entrance portal on the west side of the building.

The church contains numerous items of equipment , most of which are inscribed as a monument historique :

  • a reliquary bust of St. Quiricus from the 17th century,
  • a reliquary bust of St. Julitta from the 17th century,
  • an oil painting depicting the Ascension of St. Julitta and St. Quiricus from the 18th or 19th century,
  • a statue of Mary with baby Jesus made of gilded wood from the 17th century,
  • a holy water font of red marble from the 17th century,
  • two bells from the late 15th and late 16th centuries
  • a painted wood crucifix from the 18th century (Christ) and from the 20th century (cross),
  • Copper monstrance from the late 15th or early 16th century,
  • six candlesticks and an altar cross from the 18th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

Walnuts

Belmont-Bretenoux is located in the AOC zones of the Noix du Périgord , the walnuts of the Périgord and the nut oil of the Périgord.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 34

traffic

Belmont-Bretenoux can be reached via Routes départementales 43, 89 and 803, the former Route nationale 140 .

Web links

Commons : Belmont-Bretenoux  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Marie Cassagne: Villes et Villages en pays lotois ( fr ) Tertium éditions. P. 29, 50. 2013. Accessed May 31, 2019.
  2. ↑ Lot ( fr ) habitants.fr. Accessed May 31, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Belmont-Bretenoux ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Accessed May 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ Notice Communale Belmont-Bretenoux ( fr ) EHESS . Accessed May 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Belmont-Bretenoux (46024) ( fr ) INSEE . Accessed May 31, 2019.
  6. ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Cyr ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . November 26, 2015. Accessed May 31, 2019.
  7. ↑ église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . Accessed May 31, 2019.
  8. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Accessed May 31, 2019.
  9. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Belmont-Bretenoux (46024) ( fr ) INSEE . Accessed May 31, 2019.