Le Fousseret
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Muret | |
| Canton | Cazères | |
| Community association | Coeur de Garonne | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 17 ′ N , 1 ° 4 ′ E | |
| height | 238-372 m | |
| surface | 38.31 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,897 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 50 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31430 | |
| INSEE code | 31193 | |
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Le Fousseret ( Occitan Le Hosseret ) is a French commune with 1,897 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department and the Occitanie region . It belongs to the canton of Cazères . The inhabitants are called Fousseretois .
geography
Le Fousseret is located north of the Canal de Saint-Martory irrigation canal and the Louge River , 60 km southwest of Toulouse . It is part of the Pays du Sud Toulousain , a region between Muret and Saint-Gaudens . The surrounding communities are called Montoussin , Marignac-Lasclares and Lavelanet-de-Comminges . Le Fousseret is 29 km southwest of Muret and is the largest town in the Toulouse area. It borders directly on the Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises Regional Natural Park Pyrénées Ariégeoises .
history
The community is an old bastide , a city in southern France founded in the Middle Ages and largely built in one go. The construction of a bastide was based on economic, political or military considerations.
Le Fousseret owes its name to the gorges or deep trenches ( fossés ) in the west of the village. Since these trenches run in a straight line ( Latin fossae rectae ), the area was called Fosoreto .
The Order of St. John founded after his retirement from the Holy Land between Saint-Lys and Aurignac some communities in the populated mostly by poachers and predators area. With the gradual cultivation of the forest of Bouconne ( forêt de Bouconne ), Le Fousseret also grew. Raymond VII. (1197–1249), Count of Toulouse built a fort here, which, expanded into a fortified castle, was besieged by the English in 1420 without success. In 1531 the concessions of King Francis I (1494–1547) were confirmed and Le Fousseret was raised to a barony in the 16th century . There was always friction between the population and the lords of the castle because of the jurisdiction. In the 18th century the castle was partially damaged and completely demolished in 1820. Today the Promenade du Picon is located there .
The bishop and deaf-mute teacher Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard (1742-1822), head of the Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets de Paris in Bordeaux since 1789 - the first school of its kind in the world - was born in Le Fousseret. A memorial was erected in his honor on the Promenade du Picon .
The Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens du Fousseret church has been a historic monument since 2002 .
The population increased from 1,410 (1962) to the current level.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1410 | 1460 | 1412 | 1375 | 1370 | 1434 | 1611 | 1897 |
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coat of arms
The coat of arms of Le Fousseret shows the trois fleurs de lys (three lilies, the insignia of the French kings) in gold in the upper section with a blue background . In the lower area it is the croix du Languedoc (Cross of Languedoc), which is hollow inside, also in gold on a red background. There are three stylized coins on each of the four ends of the cross.
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Le Fousseret
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 660-670.
Web links
- Map and information on maplandia de France (accessed September 2, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Les armoiries de LE FOUSSERET ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on villelefousseret.fr
