Lézat-sur-Lèze
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Lézat-sur-Lèze Lesat |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Ariège | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Girons | |
| Canton | Arize-Lèze | |
| Community association | Arize Lèze | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 17 ′ N , 1 ° 21 ′ E | |
| height | 197-315 m | |
| surface | 40.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,323 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 58 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 09210 | |
| INSEE code | 09167 | |
| Website | www.lezat.fr | |
 Saint-Jean-Baptiste church |
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Lézat-sur-Lèze ( Occitan Lesat ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 2323 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons and the canton of Arize-Lèze .
location
Lézat-sur-Lèze is the northernmost municipality in the Ariège department. It is located on the Lèze River at an altitude of about 210 meters above sea level. d. M. The closest city is Pamiers , about 35 kilometers (driving distance) southeast , the city of Toulouse is about 47 kilometers to the north. The town of Saint-Ybars is just five kilometers to the southeast .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1,612 | 1,739 | 1,861 | 1,832 | 1,964 | 2.114 | 2,197 | 2,320 |
In the 19th century the number of inhabitants fluctuated between 2,500 and 3,000. The increasing mechanization of agriculture in the first half of the 20th century led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows of the 1950s and 1960s.
economy
Lézat-sur-Lèze lived to a large extent from agriculture in the hamlets and villages in the vicinity; the place itself functions to this day as a regional trade, handicraft and service center. Tourism also plays a certain role in the town's income.
history
History and Development of Lézat are closely linked to the established in the year 950 and in advance of the French Revolution resolved Benedictine - Abbey of Saint-Antoine-et-Saint-Pierre . The place once belonged to the county of Foix .
Attractions
- The townscape is characterized by half-timbered and brick buildings, some of which are plastered, as are common in the poor natural stone area between Toulouse and Pamiers.
- The former abbey church and today's parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste was built in the 12th century, but has been changed again and again since then. It has two Romanesque -looking portals, which may have been created later, and an octagonal tower in the style of the Tolosan architecture of the late Middle Ages. The interior of the single-nave church was enlarged and stabilized by side chapels in the 15th and 16th centuries; Two late medieval frescoes have been preserved here - one shows a representation of the Last Judgment , the other a portrait of John the Baptist . According to tradition, the relics of the church father Anthony the Great are kept in the church . The church building was recognized as a monument historique in 1986 .
Personalities
- Jacques Fauché (1927–2013), artist
- Jacques Dupont (1928–2019), cyclist
Partner municipality
- Ateca (Spain)
Web links
- Lézat-sur-Lèze - Photos
- Lézat, Romanesque portal - photo
- Lézat, church carillon - photos + brief information (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lézat-sur-Lèze in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)