Cahus
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Lot | |
Arrondissement | Figeac | |
Canton | Cère et Ségala | |
Community association | Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 57 ′ N , 1 ° 55 ′ E | |
height | 139-505 m | |
surface | 10.01 km 2 | |
Residents | 206 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 46130 | |
INSEE code | 46043 | |
Website | www.cahus.fr |
Cahus is a French commune with 206 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 ).
Local tradition wants the name of the community to be derived from the Latin cahus or the Occitan caüs ( German kauz ). Cassagne argues against it that there is no example of a French toponym that is a derivation of the place name of this bird species. In addition, the place is mentioned in the ecclesiastical cadastre of the Middle Ages in the forms of Calhus , Cautio , Caucio , Cahussio , Cautz or Caus . Some toponymists argue that the name comes from an estate owned by Cabutius or Catucius in Gallo-Roman times .
The inhabitants are called Cahussiens and Cahussiennes .
geography
Cahus is located about 40 kilometers north-northwest of Figeac in the historic province of Quercy on the northern border with the neighboring Corrèze department .
Cahus is surrounded by the five neighboring communities:
Mercœur (Corrèze) |
Camps-Saint-Mathurin-Léobazel (Corrèze) |
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Altillac (Corrèze) |
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Gagnac-sur-Cère | Laval-de-Cère |
Cahus lies in the catchment area of the Dordogne river .
Tributaries of the Cère cross the territory of the commune,
- the Ruisseau de Langayroux, which rises in Cahus, and
- the Ruisseau d'Orgues with its tributaries,
- the Ruisseau de Belpeuch and
- the Ruisseau de Foungalinière, which rises in Cahus.
history
In 1928, the neighboring municipality of Laval-de-Cère was founded by transferring part of the municipality of Cahus.
Population development
After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 1,165 by the second half of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to around 180 inhabitants by the turn of the millennium, with short recovery phases, in particular due to the cession of community territory when the neighboring municipality of Laval-de-Cère was founded, before a growth phase set in that still continues today.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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Residents | 283 | 253 | 201 | 203 | 201 | 179 | 189 | 189 | 206 |
Parish Church of Saint-Benoît
The first mention of the earlier church is found in a charter from 936. It was in the collation of the Bishop of Cahors . The remains of the simple nave allow the first expansion of the church to be dated to the 13th century. In 1537 a side chapel or aisle was added , according to Abbot Clary . Extensive construction work was carried out in 1764, as evidenced by the date on the lintel of a window in the south wall. According to the Abbot Clary, the apse was rebuilt in 1854 .
The main nave is equipped with a barrel vault , the apse with a cauldron vault , the side aisles with a ribbed vault with lines . The keystones are decorated with a cross, the noun sacrum IHS or the lily symbol. The fighters of the vaults are decorated with rod ornamentation or sculpted in the form of human heads, as can also be seen on the keystones of the arches in the side aisles.
Economy and Infrastructure
Cahus is in the AOC zones
- des Bleu d'Auvergne , a blue cheese ,
- the Noix du Périgord , the walnuts of the Périgord and
- of the Périgord nut oil.
education
The community has a public primary school.
traffic
Cahus can be reached via Routes départementales 14 and 102 (Corrèze: D33).
A line of the TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , a regional train of the national SNCF , serves the route from Brive-la-Gaillarde to Aurillac , which also crosses the area of the municipality without a stop. The next stop is in the neighboring municipality of Laval-de-Cère.
Personalities
Anny or Annie Flore, real name Marie Antoinette Quié, born on November 28, 1912 in Cahus, died on August 17, 1985 in Boulogne-Billancourt in the Île-de-France , was a French singer and actress.
literature
- Clary, René (Abbot), Dictionnaire des paroisses du diocèse de Cahors, Cahors, Imp. Tardy, 1986, pp. 52-53.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean-Marie Cassagne: Villes et Villages en pays lotois ( fr ) Tertium éditions. S. 55. 2013. Accessed June 10, 2019.
- ↑ Lot ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ↑ Ma commune: Cahus ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ↑ a b Notice Communale Cahus ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Cahus (46043) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Benoît ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . November 26, 2015. Accessed June 10, 2019.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Cahus (46043) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ↑ Anny Flore (1912–1985) ( en ) Internet Movie Database . Retrieved June 8, 2019.