Caillac

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Caillac
Calhac
Coat of arms of Caillac
Caillac (France)
Caillac
region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Cahors
Canton Luzech
Community association Grand Cahors
Coordinates 44 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 21 ′  E
height 100-271 m
surface 7.44 km 2
Residents 599 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 81 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 46140
INSEE code 46044

Caillac - the townscape

Caillac ( Occitan : Calhac ) is a southern French municipality with 599 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitania region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ).

location

Caillac is located on the north bank of the Lot River at an altitude of about 160 meters above sea level. d. M. in the heart of the Quercy . The nearest town, Cahors , is about 13 kilometers (driving distance) to the southeast.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 365 335 386 409 588 533 563 599

Until the middle of the 19th century, the place had well over 600 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture , the number of inhabitants has steadily declined since the second half of the 19th century to the low of the 1960s.

economy

For centuries, agriculture in the Haut-Quercy was primarily self-sufficient , including viticulture until the 19th century, which was successfully revived in the area around Cahors after the phylloxera crisis . Today - in addition to viticulture and cattle and poultry breeding - tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) plays a major role in the economic life of the municipality.

history

Church with portico
Château Lagrézette

The existence of a Gallo-Roman country estate ( villa rustica ) has been proven by finds.

Attractions

  • The parish church, mainly made of quarry stone, is a single-nave building from the 12th and 13th centuries, which was, however, thoroughly revised in the 15th and 16th centuries, so that only a few Romanesque components remain. The multi-storey, albeit unadorned, structure of the crossing tower , which is built entirely from precisely hewn stones, is striking . The church has - a rarity in the south of France - a portico sunk slightly into the ground on the south side, behind which there is a Romanesque portal with a decorative Renaissance surround that was moved here around 1500 . The nave of the church is spanned by a simple wooden ceiling and houses remarkable furnishings (baptismal font, pulpit, paintings, etc.); two side chapels north and south of the crossing and the apse are ribbed . The church building was classified as a monument historique in 1979 .
  • The multi-towered Château Lagrézette dates from the 15th and 16th centuries. Century and saw a multitude of owners throughout its history, some of whom went about their business in nearby Cahors. The building with its half-timbered pigeon house ( pigeonnier ) standing on six stone pillars stands in the midst of vineyards and today serves as a representative winery. The building complex, largely preserved in its original state, was recognized as a Monument historique in 1982 .

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Église, Caillac in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Château de la Grézette, Caillac in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ↑ Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Solayrès de Renhac. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1342.