Lempaut

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Lempaut
L'Empèut
Lempaut coat of arms
Lempaut (France)
Lempaut
region Occitania
Department Camouflage
Arrondissement Castres
Canton Le Pastel
Community association Lauragais Revel Sorèzois
Coordinates 43 ° 32 '  N , 2 ° 4'  E 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

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 It was only after the Edict of Nantes (1598) was revoked by the Edict of Fontainebleau (1695) that she accepted the Catholic faith again.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

Commons : Lempaut  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Château de Padiès, Lempaut in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)