Carlucet

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Carlucet
Carlucet (France)
Carlucet
region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Gourdon
Canton Gramat
Community association Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Coordinates 44 ° 43 ′  N , 1 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 43 ′  N , 1 ° 37 ′  E
height 171-385 m
surface 33.70 km 2
Residents 220 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 46500
INSEE code 46059
Website carlucet-lot.jimdo.com

View of the center of Carlucet

Carlucet is a French commune with 220 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 Gourdon and the canton of Gramat .

The name of the community is derived from the late Latin castellucium , a diminutive of castellum ( German  fort, fortress ). The small building the name refers to could have been the priory in the village, which was destroyed in the 15th century, or a former fortress mentioned in several medieval writings .

The inhabitants are called Carlucetois and Carlucetoises .

geography

Carlucet is located about 20 kilometers east of Gourdon in the historic province of Quercy in the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park .

Carlucet is surrounded by the seven neighboring communities:

Calès Couzou
Saint-Projet Neighboring communities Le Bastit
Ginouillac
Séniergues 		Montfaucon

Although the water emerges from the earth in several places, no running water crosses the area of ​​the municipality.

history

According to local tradition, the place was founded in the early ninth century by a family who had come from Piedmont . In the 13th century, the village was dependent on the Obazine Monastery in what is now the Corrèze department , as evidenced by a manuscript from 1275. Between 1451 and 1651 there were seven different landlord families who lived in Carlucet. There are no remains of the Seigneurs residence today . We only know that the location is in the present garden of the rectory . The fortress was on an isolated hill, but was captured by English troops during the Hundred Years War in 1423 . The remnants of the walls were destroyed around 1811 on the instructions and in favor of the mayor at the time in order to procure building materials. When the armies of the French king drove the English out of the area in 1451, Carlucet came under the rule of Pierre I de Treignac de Comborn, Bishop of Évreux and head of the Obazine Monastery. The plots of Carlucet were long lease provided with an annual levy.

Population development

After records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a peak of around 945 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 150 inhabitants during brief recovery phases until the 1980s, before a growth phase set in, which in recently stagnated again.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 193 171 150 148 168 171 208 227 220
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Parish church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

The church is built on the hill of the village, below a rocky platform on which the prior's residence was once located and on which there is now a building that adjoins the church. Most of the parts of the church building date from the 13th century. Due to its current shape, the construction of the nave cannot be dated with any certainty and it is unclear whether its pointed barrel vault dates from the same period. The sculpted fighters and the ribs of the vault of the choir with its long, narrow double windows, on the other hand, allow the recently completed apse to be dated to the late 13th century. The two side chapels on the north and south sides probably date from the end of the 15th or the beginning of the 16th century. They are thus the result of the work that also produced the wall paintings . In 1839 the bell tower was raised by 4.40 meters and the church was renovated in the same century. The framing of the entrance portal , for example, was renewed. The stained glass windows are signed by the glass painter Gustave Pierre Dagrant from Bordeaux and date from 1896 and appear to have replaced the stained glass windows by Louis-Victor Gesta from Toulouse , which were mentioned in 1883.

A large attic, which may have served as a refuge, extends over the nave and apse. The bell tower rises above the yoke in front of the apse and looks like a crossing tower between the side chapels. The plaster over the outer walls of the nave prevents an analysis of the age of the masonry. Inside, however, the walls are exposed and show a masonry bond made of ashlar . The barrel vault, on the other hand, is made of small cut rubble stones , as are the inner walls of the apse, while the outer walls are made of ashlar. The change in construction materials may be due to the different construction phases. The segmented barrel vault of the side chapels results from the height of the entrance arches. They rest on short wall columns, one in the eastern part and twice in the western part, the elements of which appear to be made from reused building material. The fighters of the vaults in the apse and the southern chapel are decorated with human heads and a fanatic head. The southern chapel contains a niche grave , the basket arch of which is provided with a smooth coat of arms. A door that is now walled up led from the house attached to the south of the church to the gallery which is the western part of the church.

A large number of furnishings from the 17th to the 20th century are inscribed as a monument historique of movable goods.

Lacomté windmill

The windmill was built around 1423-1425 during the English occupation. The type can be found in Aquitaine and England. What is unique in the region, however, is that the mill contains two grinding stones , one for grinding maize and barley and one for wheat . The mill was in operation until 1914. A few years later the wings were removed as a tax was levied on inactive mills with wings. In 1992 the mill was completely renovated by the Garriques, who owned it. The four wings have a size of 15.50 meters in length and 3.40 meters in width, each weigh 450 kilograms and together form an area of ​​70 m 3 . The roof of the mill is made of red cedar wood . The codend at the rear is used to align the mill against the wind. The mill can be visited during the Heritage Days or upon request to Monsieur Garrigues.

Beaussac manor

The toponymy of the manor house in the hamlet of the same name southeast of the center of the municipality gives an indication of a settlement in Gallo-Roman times . Not far from there was a Roman villa in what is now the neighboring municipality of Le Bastit. A line of knights who bore the name of the place are recorded in the copial book of the Cistercian monastery Obazine. Rigal de Beaussac was mentioned from 1168 to 1173. At the end of the following century, Fortanier de Gourdon received the lands of Lunegarde and Beaussac in an exchange. A little later, the daughter of Rannulfe de Lestroa married Gaillard de Barbuzon and brought the fief into the marriage. In 1342 he paid homage to Arnaud de Via, great-nephew of Pope John XXII. for his goods. In 1457, aymond-Bernard de Gauléjac owned part of the fief, as did Jean d'Auriole at the end of the 15th century. In 1534, Galiot de Génouillac, Seigneur of Assier and Grand Master of the Artillery under the French King Francis I , acquired the estate. In 1546 the estate passed to his heirs, the Crussol d'Uzès. The mansion was built between the 14th and 19th centuries. Two square towers flank today's residential building with a rectangular floor plan on its east facade. The mansion is privately owned and not open to the public.

Le Sol Del Pech mansion

It was built by the Sirès family in the early 18th century before the Calmon family bought it. Jean-Louis Calmon was to become a member of the département during the Restoration . The Calmons kept their property until the 20th century. The property is located in the heart of an extensive estate with outbuildings, horse stables, a barn, a sheepfold and a round dovecote with a lantern from the 19th century. The building was expanded at the beginning of the 19th century by adding a rectangular residential wing to the original building. The roof is covered with flat tiles and is accentuated by dormer windows . Today the property is in the hands of the Gauthier couple, who rent out holiday apartments ( gîtes ).

Hall crosses

The community has a large number of crossroads:

  • the cross Graule Basse. The small stone balls that hang down from the cross arms are reminiscent of the Oviedo cross . The shaft is decorated from bottom to top with an apple, a head-hanging snake as a symbol for evil, a heart as a symbol for love that triumphs over evil, shins and a skull as symbols for the elderly. Above it is the crucified Christ with a crown of glory that encloses a dove and the initials INRI .
  • the cross Terre de Prat. It is a copy from the 15th century. It has a height of six meters.
  • the cross in the village square dates from 1826 and is made of cast iron. At its head there is a rooster as a symbol for the denial of Peter .
  • the cross Vidaillet, called cross Salvan. The shape of its base is reminiscent of a grave, because the width of the stones match the dimensions of a tomb. The cross is about two meters high.
  • the cross Le Pech de Laguillade from the early 20th century.
  • the cross Le Laquet, made from two railroad tracks.
  • the cross Le Layroux, called “Cross of Thieves”, because a man was hanged there. It probably dates from the end of the 19th century
  • the cross Le Barry on two platforms made of stone
  • the cross of the old cemetery was replaced by a stone cross after an accident. The former Carlucet cemetery was abandoned after a plague epidemic because burials became too dangerous.
  • the cross of the squares, called Brâmefort, dates from 1882 and is made of cast iron. It does not show one crucified, but three people at their feet. Four steps surround the cross, two of them to kneel down.
  • the cross le haut des vignes, from the 18th century. Its base is composed of four stones. The cross and base rest on seven large stones that are embedded in a retaining wall.
  • the cross of the war memorial.
  • the stone cross La Crosette, called Lémozi, is at the crossroads of an old road that is no longer used today.

Economy and Infrastructure

Rocamadour cheese

Carlucet is in the AOC zone of Rocamadour , a cheese made from goat's milk .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
Total = 29

traffic

Carlucet can be reached via routes départementales 32, 39, 50 and 807.

The Autoroute A20 , called L'Occitance , touches the municipality on the border with the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Projet and Ginouillac to the west without an exit. The nearest exit is about five kilometers from the center of the municipality in the southern neighboring municipality of Montfaucon.

Personalities

Jean-Louis Calmon, born on July 18, 1774 in Carlucet, died on March 13, 1857 in Paris , was a French politician.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Marie Cassagne: Villes et Villages en pays lotois ( fr ) Tertium éditions. P. 66. 2013. Accessed June 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ Lot ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Carlucet ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ J. Meulet: Monograph de la commune de Carlucet ( fr , PDF) Municipality of Carlucet. 1891. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ Notice Communale Carlucet ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Carlucet (46059) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  7. ↑ église paroissiale Sainte-Marie-Madeleine ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . November 26, 2015. Accessed June 21, 2019.
  8. ↑ église Sainte-Madeleine ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  9. ↑ Le Moulin á vent de Lacomté ( fr ) Municipality of Carlucet. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  10. ↑ Manoir de Beaussac ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  11. ↑ Manoir du Sol Del Pech ( fr ) chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  12. ↑ Les calvaires de la commune ( fr ) Carlucet municipality. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  13. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  14. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Carlucet (46059) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  15. ^ Jean-Louis Calmon (1774-1857) . Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved June 21, 2019.