L'Herm
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L'Herm L'Èrm |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Ariège | |
| Arrondissement | Foix | |
| Canton | Val d'Ariège | |
| Community association | Pays Foix-Varilhes | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 58 ′ N , 1 ° 41 ′ E | |
| height | 411-960 m | |
| surface | 14.67 km 2 | |
| Residents | 201 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 09000 | |
| INSEE code | 09138 | |
L'Herm ( Occitan : L'Èrm ) is a French commune with 201 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Foix , the community association Pays Foix-Varilhes and the canton Val d'Ariège (until 2015: canton Foix-Rural ). The inhabitants are called L'Hermois / L'Hermoises .
geography
L'Herm is located around 73 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Toulouse in the eastern half of the Ariège department near the small town of Foix . The community consists of several hamlets and scattered settlements as well as individual farmsteads. L'Herm is located in the Massif du Plantaurel in the Pre-Pyrenees (French: Piémont pyrénéen ). Large parts of the community are forested. The highest point of the municipality is the Cap de Touron in the south of the municipality. The settlements are located on the D1 and D101 in terms of traffic. The N20 from Paris to Spain passes a few kilometers west of the municipality.
L'Herm is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gudas in the north, Ventenac in the northeast, Roquefort-les-Cascades in the east, Leychert in the southeast, Soula in the south, Pradières in the southwest, Arabaux in the west and Saint-Jean-de-Verges in the northwest.
history
The castle has existed since 1357 at the latest. At that time, armed citizens of Foix besieged the Count of Mirepoix, who had holed up in the castle L'Herm. A church Saint-Martin in the hamlet of Mon (t) laur, which has now disappeared, is mentioned in 1551. During the Wars of Religion in 1581 there was fierce fighting between Catholics and Huguenots in L'Herm. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Foix , which was a crown domain of the King of France from 1607 until the French Revolution . From 1793 to 1801 the community belonged to the Tarascon district. In addition, L'Herm was in the canton of Foix from 1793 to 1984 and within the canton of Foix-Rural from 1984 to 2015 . The municipality has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Foix since 1801. Spanish republicans who supported the Resistance had their base at Col de Py in 1944. From there they fought the Wehrmacht. Between 1790 and 1794 the hamlets of the previous municipality of L'Herm merged with the municipalities of La Bastide de L'Herm (today La Bastide) and Montlaur (today Monlaur) to form the municipality as it is today.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1806 | 1831 | 1841 | 1881 | 1911 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 488 | 523 | 487 | 575 | 473 | 306 | 229 | 117 | 107 | 115 | 137 | 170 | 177 | 176 | 210 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint Barthélemy Church
- Cave with remains of animal bones (bears, hyenas, lions, hippos); currently not open to the public
- Memorial to the Fallen
- a wayside cross
- More Attractions
Web links
- Information about L'Herm on cassini.ehess.fr
- L'Herm on the IGN site
- Photos of the Saint-Barthélemy church
- Portrait and landmarks of the community