Juzes
Juzes Jusas |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Camouflage | |
Arrondissement | Toulouse | |
Canton | Revel | |
Community association | Lauragais Revel Sorèzois | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 27 ' N , 1 ° 47' E | |
height | 195-251 m | |
surface | 3.75 km 2 | |
Residents | 85 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 31540 | |
INSEE code | 31243 | |
Juzes - the townscape with the Château |
Juzes ( Occitan : Jusas ) is a southern French municipality with 85 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region .
location
Juzes is located in the cultural landscape of the Lauragais about 35 kilometers (driving distance) in a south-easterly direction from Toulouse . Another 26 kilometers to the southwest is Castelnaudary ; the lovely town of Saint-Félix-Lauragais is only ten kilometers to the east.
Population development
year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 97 | 92 | 91 | 72 | 84 | 97 | 85 |
Until the middle of the 19th century, the place consistently had between 220 and 350 inhabitants; thereafter, the number of residents fell continuously.
economy
As in most places in the Lauragais , the cultivation of woad ( pastel ) played a major role in the Middle Ages and early modern times. Today the place lives mainly from agriculture and from renting vacant holiday apartments.
history
The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1230; the second from 1384. Around this time the place came into the possession of the famous noble family of La Tour d'Auvergne , who also had the castle built.
Attractions
- The Château de Juzes , built from largely unprocessed rubble stones , was built in the 15th century and expanded in the 16th century. The two and a half storey building is framed by one square and two round corner towers, all of which have small windows; the residential wing ( corps de logis ) shows a simple arched portal as well as rectangular windows with stone crosses. Below the roof there is half a storey for the servants' chambers, which were later converted into storage rooms. The castle is privately owned and has been recognized as a monument historique since 1973 .
- The single-nave parish church ( Église Saint-Léger ) is a building made of broken stone and bricks from the early 16th century, but which was set on fire twice during the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598). Later the building was given side chapels, also for stabilization. The current state comes largely from the 19th century.
- An imposing pigeon house ( pigeonnier ) dates from the 18th century.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 1161-1163.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Château, Juzes in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)