Carladès
The Carladès (derived from the place Carlat ) is a historical region that became part of the historical province of Auvergne as a vice-county ; the southeastern part - mostly written Carladez - belonged to the historical province of the Rouergue . Today, the Carladès is a natural region in France, the dimensions of which are smaller than those of the old vice-county.
Geography and climate
The hilly and low mountain range of Carladès borders on the former super volcano of the Monts du Cantal to the south ; its exact historical extent is disputed. It extends at heights between approx. 300 and max. 1855 m , where it drops slightly to the south. Important rivers are: Cère , Bromme and Truyère .
The climate has a more continental character; Rain (approx. 790 mm / year) falls over the year.
Communities
Carladès, now around 440 km², consists of 18 municipalities with a total of around 8,500 inhabitants, which are spread over two cantons in the Cantal and Aveyron departments .
| Pays de Carladès: Canton of Vic-sur-Cère, Cantal department |
Pays de Carladez: Canton of Aubrac et Carladez Aveyron department |
|---|---|
history
Under the Merovingians , the Carladès was a vice-county ( vicomté ); in the 9th century it was one of the 5 Carolingian counties of Auvergne. For a long time it was under the sovereignty of the Counts of Millau and Rodez . In the years from 1276 to 1344 the Carladès belonged to the Kingdom of Mallorca . The French King Louis XIII. gave Carladès, raised by him to a county , as a fief in 1643 to the first Prince of Monaco , Honoré II . Since then, the title Comte de Carladès has been a subordinate part of the grand title of the ruling Prince of Monaco.
Culture
Although located in the south of Auvergne, the Carladès has its own cultural characteristics such as folklore, cuisine, language and traditional architecture that differ from the rest of Auvergne. When drawing up the customs in the Auvergne, Suzanne de Bourbon-Beaujeu , the Viscountess de Carlat , refused to accept the Carladès in the Auvergne and demanded a special status for their territory.
literature
- Frédéric Zégierman: Le guide des Pays de France (Sud) , Fayard 1999
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Climate graphs for Vic-sur-Cère
- ↑ Climate graphs for Mur-de-Barrez
- ^ Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility , Princely Houses Volume XV, Complete Series Volume 114, Limburg an der Lahn 1997, ISBN 3-7980-0814-0 , pp. 68–71