Cahus

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Cahus
Cahus (France)
Cahus
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 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)
Altillac
(Corrèze) 		Neighboring communities
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
Residents 283 253 201 203 201 179 189 189 206
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

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

Bleu d'Auvergne

Cahus is in the AOC zones

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 10

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

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Marie Cassagne: Villes et Villages en pays lotois ( fr ) Tertium éditions. S. 55. 2013. Accessed June 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ Lot ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Cahus ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Notice Communale Cahus ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Cahus (46043) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  6. ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Benoît ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . November 26, 2015. Accessed June 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Cahus (46043) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  9. ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  10. ↑ Anny Flore (1912–1985) ( en ) Internet Movie Database . Retrieved June 8, 2019.