Lacaze

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Lacaze
La Casa
Lacaze coat of arms
Lacaze (France)
Lacaze
region Occitania
Department Camouflage
Arrondissement Castres
Canton Les Hautes Terres d'Oc
Community association Sidobre Vals et Plateaux
Coordinates 43 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 31'  E
height 392-805 m
surface 46.16 km 2
Residents 298 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 6 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 81330
INSEE code
Website http://www.lacaze-tarn.com/

Town hall (Mairie) of Lacaze

Lacaze ( Occitan : La Casa ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 298 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Castres and the canton of Les Hautes Terres d'Oc (until 2015: canton of Vabre ). The inhabitants are called Lacazois .

location

Lacaze is located in the Albigeois cultural landscape about 26 kilometers northeast of Castres and about 36 kilometers southeast of Albi . Lacaze is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Le Masnau-Massuguiès in the north, Viane in the east, Espérausses in the south and south-east, Fontrieu in the south, Vabre in the south-west, Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy in the west and north-west and Rayssac in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 587 484 428 432 360 342 322 298
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame church from the 16th century
  • protestant church
  • Saint-Jean-del-Frech chapel from the 16th century
  • Lacaze Castle from the 15th / 16th centuries Century, since 1927 Monument historique
  • Camalières castle from the 19th century
  • Le Saut waterfall

Web links

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