Carla-Bayle
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Ariège | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Girons | |
| Canton | Arize-Lèze | |
| Community association | Arize Lèze | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 9 ' N , 1 ° 24' E | |
| height | 236-411 m | |
| surface | 35.52 km 2 | |
| Residents | 780 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 09130 | |
| INSEE code | 09079 | |
Carla-Bayle is a French commune with 780 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and a former Huguenot fortress in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). In recent years, an artist colony has settled here, which has a strong impact on the place.
geography
Carla-Bayle is located about 50 kilometers from Toulouse in the northeast of the Ariège department on a rocky ledge. In the west of the village is the 15 hectare lake of Carla-Bayle.
history
In Gallo-Roman times there was an oppidum in the area of today's municipality.
The first written mention of the place comes from the year 960 when the Bishop of Toulouse gave the place to the Count of Carcassonne . In the 11th century Carla belonged to the County of Foix , which had a castle built there in the 12th century. In the 13th century the church was built, the place was surrounded by a city wall and turned into a fortress .
After the Albigensian Crusade , the place was called Castlardo and was directly subordinate to the King of France. From the 16th century until the Revolution it was called Carla-le-Comte , was renamed Carla Bayle and Carla-le-Peuple , only to be changed back to Carla-le-Comte . In 1879, the name Carla-Bayle , which has been used to this day, was chosen again, referring to the local enlightener Pierre Bayle .
In the 16th century, a Protestant community first made itself felt in the village, which became a center of Huguenot resistance during the wars of religion .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2016 |
| Residents | 720 | 602 | 538 | 469 | 570 | 645 | 755 | 761 |
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Buildings and sights
- The city walls date from the 12th and 13th centuries.
- The 19th century Huguenot temple is classified as an Inscrit Monument Historique .
- The ruins of the birthplace of Pierre Bayle are in Carla-Bayle.
- Since the mid-1990s, Carla-Bayle has developed into an artists' village. There are many art studios and galleries on the main street. As an artist village, Carla-Bayle now enjoys supraregional importance, with artists from all over France exhibiting.
Museums
The Pierre Bayle Museum was inaugurated on November 18, 1989 by Lionel Jospin . It traces the life and works of Pierre Bayle and Protestantism in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Personalities
- Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), Enlightenment philosopher, was born in what was then Carla-le-Comte.
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