Lafitte-sur-Lot
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Lot-et-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Marmande | |
| Canton | Tonneins | |
| Community association | Val de Garonne agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ E | |
| height | 27-67 m | |
| surface | 15.99 km 2 | |
| Residents | 827 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 52 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 47320 | |
| INSEE code | 47127 | |
| Website | lafittesurlot.fr | |
Lafitte-sur-Lot is a French municipality with 827 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Marmande and the canton of Tonneins .
The name of the municipality is derived from the expression fito ( German boundary stone ).
The inhabitants are called Lafittois and Lafittoises .
geography
Lafitte-sur-Lot is located about 27 kilometers southeast of Marmande and about 25 kilometers northwest of Agen in the historic province of Agenais .
Lafitte-sur-Lot is surrounded by the seven neighboring municipalities:
| Laparade | Castelmoron-sur-Lot | |
| Clairac |
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Granges-sur-Lot |
| Bourran | Lacépède | Saint-Sardos |
Lafitte-sur-Lot lies in the catchment area of the Garonne River on the left bank of the Lot , one of its tributaries.
Tributaries of the Lot cross the territory of the municipality,
- the Grande Raze,
- the Ruisseau de Saint-Philip, which rises in Lafitte-sur-Lot,
- the Salabert and
- the Ruisseau de Pinau, also called Ruisseau le Caillabous on its upper reaches.
history
Archaeological investigations have revealed traces of settlement dating back to the sixth century. The Roman road from today's Aiguillon to Eysses, now a hamlet of Villeneuve-sur-Lot , crossed Lafitte-sur-Lot.
In 1271 the village was mentioned in a saisimentum , a document of an oath of office, as a fortified place ( castrum ). The houses of the small parish were grouped in a semicircle around the parish church. At that time the road from Clairac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot ran through the village.
In the second half of the 16th century, the ideas of Protestantism quickly reached Lafitte-sur-Lot and were adopted by the majority of the population there. The Catholic Church was able to regain its influence for a short time until 1575 . Thirteen years later, Jacques II. De Goÿon de Matignon , Marshal of France , led a punitive expedition against Lafitte on the side of the Catholics. The Protestants of Lafitte remained in control of the situation and the Protestant church was not closed until 1683.
Population development
After records began, the population rose to around 1,120 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community sank to a level of around 750 inhabitants with short recovery phases until after the Second World War , until a growth phase began at the turn of the millennium, which continues to this day.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 749 | 774 | 754 | 746 | 731 | 696 | 753 | 798 | 827 |
Attractions
Parish Church of Saint-Sauveur
Around 1130, the priory of Saint-Sacerdos de Lafitte was mentioned among the estates of the Abbey of La Sauve-Majeure in La Sauve in what is now the Gironde department . In 1197, under the name of Sainte-Marie-de-Lafitte , the priory was mentioned as belonging to the Abbey of La Sauve-Majeure. Based on the entrance portal and parts of the vault , the new building of the current church can probably be determined to be in the 15th century.
The Vicar Valéri visited the church in 1551 and stated no Lutherans among the faithful, while only a short time later, a convert in 1560, the parish to Protestantism and the church was abandoned. The records of the visit of an archpriest in 1639 mention the poor condition of the structure, especially the vault, but also the walls.
In 1742 the chancel was given a new vault and the ceiling of the nave was clad with paneling . At the beginning of the 20th century the church consisted of a nave with a length of two bays , a transept and a three-walled apse . The ribbed vault comes as now partly from the 15th to the other part of a later period. The west facade with the bell tower has two ogival entrance portals, which are framed by two buttresses . The upper part of the bell tower shows four wall openings for the bell work. A round half tower occupies the northern corner. The tower and nave are covered with hollow bricks. In the years 1998 to 2000 restorations were carried out on the outside.
The furnishings in the church are mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries. Six stained glass windows were created in the second half of the 19th century by the glass painter Louis-Victor Gesta (1866–1938) from Toulouse . They show in the arched lancets:
- a representation of Salvator mundi ,
- John the Baptist ,
- James the Elder ,
- the apostle John ,
- Saint Martha of Bethany and
- the apostle Thomas .
Saint-Sauveur Castle
In the first half of the 16th century, the Renaissance period , the castle was built as a small mansion. The rectangular building had two floors and an attic and was covered with flat tiles. A dovecote with a tent roof made of flat tiles joined to the south. A polygonal stair tower to the east provided access to the floors. The fresco from the hood of a chimney on the first floor was covered over around 1560 when the village converted to Protestantism. It was a depiction of the adoration of the kings . It dates from the first half of the 16th century and is by an unknown artist who may have been inspired by a work by Leonardo da Vinci . Restoration work in 1955 exposed the fresco again.
In the 17th or 18th century, a rectangular residential wing was added as an extension to the north. Work on the window openings in the 1950s distorted the original appearance of this extension.
The residential wing from the Renaissance period with its stair tower has been inscribed as a monument historique since January 13, 2000 .
Protestant church
It was built in the early 19th century as a new building or as a remodeling of an existing house. The walls of the rectangular, one-story building are built alternately from bricks and stones, the roof is covered with hollow tiles. Four front windows in the form of segmental arches give light to the interior. On the right side is the entrance with an overlying oculus .
Poudepé Castle
It was built in the 18th century in the hamlet of the same name on the road from Clairac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, today's Route départementale 146E. Several buildings enclose a U-shaped inner courtyard, which is closed off by a wall from the street. The residential wing is made of plastered quarry stone with a roof that is covered with hollow bricks. Its width is seven yokes. Arched segment windows let light into the building. Lukarne with triangular or curvilinear gables give light to the attic. The arched entrance in the middle is framed by flat pilasters . The rear facade faces the Lot River. Two square pavilions covered with slate are located at either end.
The outbuildings are built as bricks. Their roofs are covered with hollow tiles. The dovecotes have tent roofs made of flat tiles.
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture is the municipality's most important economic factor.
The production of prunes is a specialty of the area. In Lafitte-sur-Lot there is a farm with a museum that presents the production then as now and where the products are available.
total = 88
education
The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with 88 students in the 2018/2019 school year.
traffic
Lafitte-sur-Lot can be reached via Routes départementales 146, 666, the former Route nationale 666 and 911, the former Route nationale 111 .
A regional bus line that connects Villeneuve-sur-Lot with Marmande also serves the municipality of Lafitte-sur-Lot.
Web links
- Dried Plum Museum website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Lafitte-sur-Lot ( fr ) Conseil régional d'Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ↑ Ma commune: Lafitte-sur-Lot ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ↑ Notice Communale Lafitte-sur-Lot ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Lafitte-sur-Lot (47127) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Sauveur ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . March 22, 2007. Accessed March 13, 2019.
- ↑ Le mobilier de l'église paroissiale Saint-Sauveur ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . August 21, 2002. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ↑ ensemble de 6 verrières (baies 0 à 6) ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . August 21, 2002. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ Château Saint-Sauveur ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . October 4, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ Château Saint-Sauveur ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . September 22, 2015. Accessed March 13, 2019.
- ↑ peinture monumentale ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . August 21, 2002. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ Temple de protestants ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . March 22, 2007. Accessed March 13, 2019.
- ↑ Château de Poudepé ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . March 22, 2007. Accessed March 13, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Lafitte-sur-Lot (47127) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved March 13, 2019.