Caumont (Ariège)

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Caumont
Caumont (France)
Caumont
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Saint-Girons
Canton Portes du Couserans
Community association Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 2 '  N , 1 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 '  N , 1 ° 5'  E
height 338-528 m
surface 9.22 km 2
Residents 326 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 35 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09160
INSEE code 09086

Saint Barthélemy village church

Caumont ( Occitan : same name) is a French commune with 326 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , the association of municipalities Couserans-Pyrénées and the canton of Portes du Couserans (until 2015: canton of Saint-Lizier ). The inhabitants are called Caumontois / Caumontoises .

geography

Caumont is located around 70 kilometers southwest of the city of Toulouse in the west of the Ariège department. The community consists of the village of Caumont, the hamlets of Cap du Prat Bediaou and Villeneuve as well as scattered settlements and individual farms. The Salat River crosses the municipality westwards and in parts forms the northern municipality boundary. Caumont is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are forested. The place is on the D117 from Foix to Tarbes.

Caumont is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Mercenac and Taurignan-Castet in the north, Taurignan-Vieux in the northeast, Lorp-Sentaraille in the east, Saint-Lizier in the southeast, Montgauch in the south, Cazavet in the southwest and Prat-Bonrepaux in the west.

history

Finds and remains of a grave from Gallo-Roman times prove an early settlement. The castle was built in the 12th or 13th century. And a church is first mentioned in 1382. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the province of Couserans, which in turn was part of the province of Gascony. The parish was part of the Saint-Girons district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Caumont was from 1793 to 2015 within the canton of Saint-Lizier . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801.

Population development

year 1793 1821 1846 1856 1896 1921 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 465 461 602 531 516 342 265 285 292 250 255 287 313 317 312
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church Saint-Barthélemy from 1778, since 1978 a monument historique
  • Ruins of a fortress / castle in Le Plech
  • Ruins of the Saint-Martin church from the 12th and 16th centuries
  • Château de Gaujac castle
  • Lavoir (wash house)
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • several wayside crosses
  • More Attractions

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  2. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
  3. ↑ Description in Palissy (French)