Caramany
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Caramany Caramanh |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Prades | |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly | |
| Community association | Agly Fenouillèdes | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 44 ′ N , 2 ° 34 ′ E | |
| height | 129-765 m | |
| surface | 14.00 km 2 | |
| Residents | 150 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66720 | |
| INSEE code | 66039 | |
 Caramany - town view |
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Caramany ( Occitan : Caramanh = 'big stone') is a southern French municipality with 150 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region .
geography
Caramany is located on a hill near the geographic center of Fenouillèdes , about 35 kilometers (driving distance) to the west of Perpignan . Latour-de-France , the capital of the arrondissement , is about 13 kilometers to the northeast.
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 293 | 241 | 216 | 170 | 165 | 143 |
At the first census in 1793 Caramany had 433 inhabitants; in the 19th century the number rose to over 500. After the Second World War there were still over 400 inhabitants.
economy
The main livelihoods of the residents of Caramany are agriculture and forestry and, above all, viticulture on the sun-drenched southern slopes.
Viticulture
Together with the villages of Lesquerde , Latour-de-France and Tautavel , Caramany plays a special role within the large wine-growing area of the Côtes du Roussillon-Villages , because their wines are considered to be of particularly high quality and may be marketed under the respective place name. The grape varieties Syrah , Grenache and Carignan are grown , with which mainly red wines are produced. The construction of the reservoir between 1988 and 1994 - allegedly - contributed to the climatic stabilization and thus to the improvement of the wine quality.
tourism
Although the place cannot be described as a tourist destination in the traditional sense, wine tourism and the rental of holiday homes ( gîtes ) play an important role in the economic life of the small community.
history
During the construction of a reservoir that dams the river Agly at the foot of the village, many finds from the Neolithic - including a necropolis - were made, which indicates an intensive settlement of the area as early as 2000 BC. Chr. Indicates.
Until 870, the Fenouillèdes still belonged to the historic County of Razès , after which it came into the possession of the Counts of Cerdagne . Caramany is first mentioned in 1085; in 1242 Hugues de Caraman is one of the most important landlords ( seigneurs ) in the area. By the Treaty of Corbeil (1258) the Fenouillèdes was added to the Languedoc - controlled by the French crown . The Caramany Castle thus became a kind of border post to the Kingdom of Aragón until the Peace of the Pyrenees was signed in 1659 .
In the course of the French Revolution , the Fenouillèdes - together with the other five comarcas of Northern Catalonia - was added to the newly created Pyrénées Orientales department.
Attractions
- The townscape with its narrow, steep and winding streets still looks medieval in parts.
- At the Porte rebellious the device is still for lowering a - - long lost case grating recognizable.
- The 17th century Maison Chauvet is the largest in the city; it belonged to a wealthy drapery family.
- The Église Saint-Étienne dates from the 15th or 16th century, but was fundamentally revised in the 19th century. The bell tower with its peculiar tip, which is strongly reminiscent of a four-sided bell gable , was only added by the residents of the village on their own in the middle of the 19th century. The single-nave interior surprises with its partly baroque furnishings (altar, sculptures, pictures, etc.).
- The reservoir ( barrage ) was completed between 1988 and 1994.
