Fons (Lot)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lot | |
| Arrondissement | Figeac | |
| Canton | Figeac-1 | |
| Community association | Grand Figeac | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 40 ′ N , 1 ° 57 ′ E | |
| height | 212-425 m | |
| surface | 14.95 km 2 | |
| Residents | 405 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 46100 | |
| INSEE code | 46108 | |
 Fons - Château du Roc |
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Fons ( Occitan : Fonts ) is a southern French town and municipality ( commune ) with 405 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the north of the Occitania region .
geography
Fons is located in the east of the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park at an altitude of about 260 meters above sea level. d. M. It is almost twelve kilometers (driving distance) in a south-easterly direction to Figeac ; the municipality of Assier is about eight kilometers to the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 349 | 295 | 309 | 321 | 341 | 342 | 386 | 396 |
In the 19th century, the place usually had over 1,000 inhabitants; Because of the phylloxera crisis and the mechanization of agriculture , the population has since fallen to the lows of recent decades.
economy
The place has always been characterized by agriculture, although in earlier times the principle of self-sufficiency - including wine - applied. After the phylloxera plague in the late 19th century, viticulture was temporarily stopped; However, now red, rosé and white wines are produced again via the appellations Comté Tolosan , and Côtes du Lot are marketed. The stony and calcareous soils of the Causses are poorly suited for growing grain and so many farmers mainly ran dairy and livestock farming, with sheep breeding playing an important role. In the 1970s and 1980s, several houses in the village were converted into holiday apartments ( gîtes ).
history
The Château du Roc rose on the site of a Gallo-Roman manor ( villa rustica ). The first mention of the church and the place comes from the year 1146. Whether the place was destroyed in the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) is unknown - in the time after that the church was rebuilt and fortified.
Attractions
- There are still several stone houses from the 15th and 16th centuries in the village .
- The parish church of Saint-André is a building from the 12th century, which however had to endure destruction and changes over and over again. With the exception of the lower part of the apse , which is made of precisely hewn stone material, most of the components show Gothic style influences, although these hardly appear on the outside in a rural building - the single-nave interior of the church is largely vaulted with ribs . The 15th century constructions, mostly made of quarry stone, are remarkable, which turned the church into a small fortress that could offer protection to the villagers - the polygonal broken constructions above the semicircular apse even show a small toilet bay . The church building was entered in the list of Monuments historiques in 1972.
- Surroundings
- The rim of the Weiler Aubignières ( ' "7 44 ° 40 N , 13 1 ° 57"' O ) standing Maison Réveillac is a fine example of a representative Gutsherren-architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. The builder was the royal notary Pierre Réveillac , who died during the plague epidemic of 1628. The privately owned building was extended by the representative loggia facade at the end of the 18th century (a building inscription mentions the year 1780) and recognized as a Monument historique in 1938 .
- From the late medieval Château du Roc ( 44 ° 39 ′ 40 ″ N , 1 ° 57 ′ 17 ″ E ) there is only a round tower with rectangular windows; the remaining buildings were damaged during a siege by Protestant troops in 1622 and completely destroyed by fire during the French Revolution . The tower and adjacent building remains were recognized as Monuments historiques in 1993 . Nearby stands a dovecote ( pigeonnier ).
Web links
- Fons, Viticulture - Info (French)
- Fons, Saint-André church - photos + brief information (French)
- Fons, Maison Réveillac - photos + brief information (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-André, Fons in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Maison Réveillac, Fons in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Château du Roc, Fons in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)