Laramiere
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Laramière La Ramièra |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lot | |
| Arrondissement | Cahors | |
| Canton | Marches du Sud-Quercy | |
| Community association | Grand Villefranchois | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 21 ′ N , 1 ° 53 ′ E | |
| height | 323-415 m | |
| surface | 22.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 348 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 46260 | |
| INSEE code | 46154 | |
 Laramière Church |
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Laramière ( Occitan : La Ramièra ) is a southern French municipality with 348 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitanie region .
location
Laramière lies at an altitude of about 360 meters above sea level. d. M. in the Causse de Limogne in the east of the Quercy near the border with the former province of Rouergue . The nearest town, Villefranche-de-Rouergue , is about 15 kilometers (driving distance) to the east. The canton capital Limogne-en-Quercy is located 13 kilometers northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 304 | 269 | 258 | 240 | 251 | 264 | 283 |
Until the middle of the 19th century, the place had well over 1,000 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture , the number of inhabitants has steadily declined since the second half of the 19th century to the low of the 1980s.
economy
For centuries, agriculture in Haut-Quercy was primarily self-sufficient , which included viticulture until the 19th century, although this was completely abandoned in eastern Quercy. Today - in addition to cattle and poultry farming - tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) plays a major role in the economic life of the municipality.
history
Until the 12th century, a branch line of the Way of St. James ( Via Podiensis ) ran via Laramière; which was given a priory in 1145 by the Augustinian canons .
Attractions
- The former priory church , made of stone, was built in the 13th century by order of the Augustinian canons and - after the turmoil of the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) and the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598) - it was taken over by the Jesuit order in 1661 . After its dissolution in 1762, the buildings stood empty for a long time until they were sold as a national property ( bien national ) in the early years of the French Revolution . The west facade of the church shows a central pointed Gothic archivolt portal , a rose window and an imposing bell gable ( clocher mur ). The interior of the church has a single nave and is vaulted with ribs . Parts of the enclosure building - including the chapter house - are still standing; they are used today at events. The privately owned church building was classified as a Monument historique in 1925 .
- In forest areas about three to four kilometers west of the town there are several Neolithic large stone graves ( dolmen ) from the time of the megalithic cultures (4th millennium BC). Two of them have been under monument protection since 1984 and 1989 respectively.
- An uncovered washing area ( lavoir ) is located at a spring in the forest.
literature
- Philippe Mery: Le prieuré Notre-Dame de Laramiere. Édition du Crapaud, La Roche-sur-Yon 2007, ISBN 978-2-95291-450-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église, Laramière in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Dolmen de la Peyro Levado, Laramière in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Dolmen de Marcigaliet 1, Laramière in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)