Golinhac

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Golinhac
Golinhac Coat of Arms
Golinhac (France)
Golinhac
region Occitania
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Rodez
Canton Lot et Truyère
Community association Comtal Lot and Truyère
Coordinates 44 ° 36 '  N , 2 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 36 '  N , 2 ° 35'  E
height 229-694 m
surface 32.41 km 2
Residents 336 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 10 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 12140
INSEE code 12110

The municipality of Golinhac with 336 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located in the French region of Occitania in the Aveyron department . The place is on the long-distance hiking trail GR 65 , which largely follows the historical course of the French Way of St. James " Via Podiensis ".

geography

Golinhac is located in the Massif Central, south of the Lot Valley in the Estaing - Entraygues-sur-Truyère section . The closest major French cities are Lyon (218 km) in the northeast, Toulouse (144 km) in the southwest, Bordeaux (252 km) in the west and Montpellier (151 km) in the southeast.

history

The place originated in the 11th century on an old Roman road. The pre-Romanesque church with Gothic additions served as a fortified church until the 17th century.

Number of inhabitants
(source:)
year 1793 1800 1836 1866 1901 1936 1962 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 760 1,376 1,061 1,209 1,050 761 541 472 458 392 441 343

Way of St. James ( Via Podiensis )

There is very limited accommodation in Golinhac. There is a simple pilgrim hostel (French: Gîte d'étape ) on the campsite . The next larger town on the Camino de Santiago is Conques . The path leads there in undulating relief over dirt roads and small roads through mixed forests and meadows. The road connection there is the D20 , which after a few kilometers leads to the D42, which you follow to Conques.

Attractions

  • 15th century pilgrim cross
  • Saint-Martin church , the beginnings of which date back to 950 with the foundations of a Benedictine abbey from the 12th century

literature

  • Bettina Forst: French Way of St. James. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich (recte: Ottobrunn) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4350-8 ( Rother hiking guide ).
  • Bert Teklenborg: Cycling along the Camino de Santiago. From the Rhine to the western end of Europe. (Cycling guide, route planner). 3rd revised edition. Publishing House Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-7022-2626-8 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Congregational information on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved on January 21, 2010
  2. ↑ Golinhac on Cassini.ehess.fr (French). Retrieved February 4, 2010
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Way of St. James " Via Podiensis "

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