Château-Verdun

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Château-Verdun
Castèlverdun
Château-Verdun (France)
Château-Verdun
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Foix
Canton Haute-Ariège
Community association Haute Ariège
Coordinates 42 ° 47 '  N , 1 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 47 '  N , 1 ° 41'  E
height 529-766 m
surface 0.79 km 2
Residents 43 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 54 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09310
INSEE code 09096

Château-Verdun - Château de Gudanes

Château-Verdun ( Occitan : Castèlverdun ) is a place and a municipality ( commune ) in the south of France with 43 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region .

location

The place Château-Verdun is located a little above the Ariège valley at an altitude of about 550 meters above sea level. d. M. at the river Aston . Ax-les-Thermes is about 17 kilometers (driving distance) in a south-easterly direction; the cities of Foix and Pamiers are about 27 and 47 kilometers north, respectively.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 70 63 46 44 39 39 50 39

In the 19th century the community had mostly between 100 and 200 inhabitants. The mechanization of agriculture led to a loss of jobs in the 20th century and, as a consequence, to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lowest values ​​of the last decades.

economy

For centuries, the residents of Château-Verdun lived on their own farms; In addition, forestry, as well as handicrafts and trade, were important sources of income.

history

The first written mention of the place name comes from the year 1166; the place and its castle were later the seat of a castellany of the Counts of Foix , which also included the neighboring villages of Albiès, Aston, Aulos, Bouan, Les Cabannes, Larcat, Larnat, Le Pech, Sinsat and Verdun . The medieval castle was besieged during the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598) and partially destroyed and - probably by order of Richelieu - finally razed to the ground in the 17th century.

Attractions

  • Hardly anything is left of the medieval castle. Many stones were reused in the construction of the houses in the valley.
  • The Château de Gudanes is a representative building from the mid-18th century - the only one in the upper Ariège Valley; it was built between 1741 and 1750 by Louis Gaspard de Salles , who at times owned up to six iron smelters and was dubbed the 'King of the Pyrenees' in Foix and the surrounding area. It consists of a central residential wing ( corps de logis ) and two lateral corner pavilions; In the roof area there are some porthole windows . The castle is privately owned and was recognized as a Monument historique in 1994 .

Web links

Commons : Château-Verdun  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Château de Gudanes, Château-Verdun in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)