Lempaut
Lempaut L'Empèut |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Camouflage | |
Arrondissement | Castres | |
Canton | Le Pastel | |
Community association | Lauragais Revel Sorèzois | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 32 ' N , 2 ° 4' E | |
height | 170–245 m | |
surface | 14.18 km 2 | |
Residents | 868 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 61 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 81700 | |
INSEE code | 81142 | |
![]() Lempaut - Château de Padiès |
Lempaut ( Occitan : L'Empèut ) is a southern French municipality with 868 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region .
location
Lempaut is located in the cultural landscape of the Lauragais about 65 kilometers (driving distance) in a southeast direction from Toulouse . Revel and Castelnaudary are about ten and 30 kilometers to the southwest; the lovely town of Saint-Félix-Lauragais is about 21 kilometers to the southwest.
Population development
year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
Residents | 492 | 480 | 472 | 527 | 576 | 657 |
Until the middle of the 19th century, the place consistently had between 750 and 930 inhabitants; thereafter the number of inhabitants fell continuously and only stabilized again in the last few decades.
economy
As in most places in the Lauragais , the cultivation of woad ( pastel ) played a major role in the Middle Ages and early modern times. Today the place lives mainly from agriculture and from renting vacant holiday apartments.
Attractions
- The Château de Padiès , built largely from bricks , was built in the 17th century on the site of a previous building that had been destroyed in the Wars of Religion (1562–1698). The owner family was already on the side of the deviants during the time of the Cathar movement - a tradition to which the family remained faithful in the 16th century when they sided with the Protestants . It was only after the Edict of Nantes (1598) was revoked by the Edict of Fontainebleau (1695) that she accepted the Catholic faith again. The two-storey building is framed by round, windowless corner towers, which are still strongly reminiscent of medieval building traditions. The residential wing ( corps de logis ), on the other hand, shows an elaborately designed portal and rectangular windows with stone crosses. The castle is privately owned and has been recognized as a monument historique since 1928 .
- There are other castles and manors (e.g. Château de la Bousquetarié ) that are rented out part of the year in the municipality .
- The single-nave parish church ( Église Sainte-Madeleine ) is an impressive building from the early 17th century. The square west tower merges at the top into an octagon made of brick, which - even if it is largely unadorned - is entirely in the Tolosan tradition. The building has side chapels, which also serve to stabilize it.
- An imposing pigeon house ( pigeonnier ) made of half-timbered houses dates from the 18th century.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Château de Padiès, Lempaut in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)