La Malène
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lozère | |
| Arrondissement | Florac | |
| Canton | La Canourgue | |
| Community association | Gorges Causses Cevennes | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 18 ′ N , 3 ° 19 ′ E | |
| height | 438–1,012 m | |
| surface | 40.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 138 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 48210 | |
| INSEE code | 48088 | |
 The Manoir de Montesquiou castle |
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La Malène is a French commune with 138 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lozère department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the canton of La Canourgue .
geography
La Malène is located in the Gévaudan in the southern Massif Central in the Cevennes National Park , 89 kilometers northwest of Montpellier, 28 kilometers southwest of Mende and 13 kilometers southwest of the canton capital of Sainte-Enimie in the Tarn Valley , between the neighboring communities of Mas-Saint-Chély in the east, Hures- la-Parade in the south and Massegros Causses Gorges with Saint-Georges-de-Lévéjac in the west. The Causse Méjean is located south of the Tarn River and the Causse de Sauveterre to the north .
history
The Castel Merlet was built in the 6th century, making it the oldest moth in France. It was inhabited for about 150 years and then destroyed. The ruins of the Motte were discovered and excavated in 2007 and 2008. After Clovis I (466–511) had conquered parts of the Visigothic Empire, the Gévaudan was the border between Septimania , part of the Visigothic Empire , and the Frankish Empire . The Franks built the Castel Merlet on that border. During the excavations, remains of a Gallo-Roman oppidum were also found.
In 1237, Pope Gregory IX confirmed. (1167–1241) the diocese of Mende that it was owned by the church in La Malène.
The origin of the place name is controversial. In 1281 the village was mentioned as La Malena and in 1352 as Melena.
Attractions
The Romanesque church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste was built in the 12th century. It was classified as a Monument historique (historical monument) in 1928 . In the church there is a painting depicting Saint Jerome (around 340-420) reading and painted by Luis Tristán (1586-1624) at the beginning of the 17th century . It was classified as a Momunment historique in 2008.
The Manoir de Montesquiou (also Manoir de La Malène ) was built in the 15th century by order of the Montesquiou family and converted into a hotel in the 20th century.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Malène on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved February 10, 2010
- ↑ Bilan Scientifique 2008. (PDF; 12.2 MB) Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles Languedoc-Roussillon, Service Régional de L'Archéologie, pp. 189–192 , accessed on September 21, 2012 (French).
- ^ Ernest Nègre: Toponymie générale de la France . tape 2 . Librairie Droz, 1996, ISBN 978-2-600-00133-5 , pp. 873 ( in Google Books [accessed February 10, 2010]). (French)
- ^ La Malène in Base Mérimée (French). Retrieved on February 10, 2010
- ^ La Malène in Base Palissy (French) Retrieved on February 10, 2010