Cazavet

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Cazavet
Casavèth
Cazavet (France)
Cazavet
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Saint-Girons
Canton Portes du Couserans
Community association Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 3 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 3 ′  E
height 367-1,247 m
surface 17.93 km 2
Residents 223 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09160
INSEE code 09091

View of the Cazavet and the Pouech

Cazavet ( Occitan : Casavèth ) is a French commune with 223 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , to the community association of Couserans-Pyrénées and to the canton of Portes du Couserans (until 2015: canton of Saint-Lizier ). The inhabitants are called Cazavetois / Cazavetoises .

geography

Cazavet is located around 75 kilometers southwest of the city of Toulouse in the west of the Ariège department on the border with the Haute-Garonne department. The municipality consists of the villages of Cazaux and Cazavet , the hamlet of Salège and scattered settlements and farmsteads. Cazavet is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are forested. The highest point of the municipality is the Pic de l'Estelas in the west of the municipality. The D117 from Foix to Tarbes runs north of the municipality.

Cazavet is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Prat-Bonrepaux in the north, Caumont in the northeast, Montgauch in the east and southeast, Balaguères in the south and southwest, Urau (in the Haute-Garonne department) in the southwest and Francazal (in the Haute-Garonne department) in the west.

history

The castle, which was destroyed during the French Revolution, was built in the 12th century. 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, Cazavet 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 1800 1831 1851 1856 1911 1921 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 583 465 733 771 665 504 403 269 240 199 181 185 181 180 225
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Ruins of Château Cazavet from the 12th century on Le Pouech
  • Church Saint-Michel
  • several caves (including Grotte de Cazavet , Grotte Foulquier , Gouffre de la Buhadero )
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • three wayside crosses

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen