Latour-de-France
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Latour-de-France La Tor de Trinhac |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Prades | |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly | |
| Community association | Agly Fenouillèdes | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 46 ′ N , 2 ° 39 ′ E | |
| height | 77-422 m | |
| surface | 13.94 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,026 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 74 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66720 | |
| INSEE code | 66096 | |
 Saint-Martin chapel |
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Latour-de-France ( Occitan : La Tor de Trinhac ) is a municipality with 1026 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region of southern France .
location
Latour-de-France is located on a bend in the river Agly in the east of the Fenouillèdes , about 29 kilometers (driving distance) in a north-westerly direction from Perpignan . The wine town of Caramany is about 13 kilometers to the southwest.
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 1,047 | 1,019 | 1,078 | 833 | 885 | 1,052 |
economy
The main livelihoods of the residents of Latour-de-France are agriculture and forestry, and especially viticulture on the sun-drenched southern slopes.
Viticulture
Like the villages of Lesquerde , Caramany and Tautavel , Latour-de-France has a special role within the large wine-growing region of the Côtes du Roussillon-Villages , because the wines are considered to be of particularly high quality and may be marketed under the respective place name. The grape varieties Syrah , Grenache and Carignan are grown , with which mainly red wines are produced. The liqueur wine Rivesaltes is also made in and around Latour-de-France .
tourism
Although the place cannot be described as a tourist destination in the traditional sense, wine tourism and the rental of holiday homes ( gîtes ) play an important role in the economic life of the municipality.
history
The peoples and cultures of bygone eras (megalithic cultures, Celtiberians, Romans, Visigoths, etc.) have left no archaeological traces on the area of Latour. In Carolingian times, the vice-county of Fenouillèdes belonged to the county of Bésalù, and later - up to the year 870 - to the historical county of Razès . As early as the 11th century, Latour had a castle with a probably striking tower. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the Fenouillèdes was disputed between the Kingdom of Aragón and the southern French counties of Foix and Carcassonne and the Archdiocese of Narbonne . In the 13th century Latour was a border town for a time - a boundary stone ( La Roque d'en Talou ) with the coat of arms of the then Lords of Latour ( Seigneurs de Montesquieu ) and the cross of Aragons has been preserved.
The signing of the Peace of the Pyrenees in 1659 ended the territorial claims of the Spanish crown in northern Catalonia . In the course of the French Revolution , the Fenouillèdes - together with the other five comarcas of Northern Catalonia - was added to the newly created department of Pyrénées Orientales.
Attractions
- The parish church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption is the only place of interest. The straight end of the choir dates back to the 15th century, including older components. the single nave nave was rebuilt in the 17th century. The path in front of the portal is paved with beautiful geometric patterns made of river pebbles. Inside there are various furnishings (altar, pictures, statues) from the 17th and 18th centuries.
- The Chapelle Saint Martin from the 12th / 13th centuries Century was converted into a residential building a long time ago.
