Les Cabannes (Tarn)

Les Cabannes
region	Occitania
Department	Camouflage
Arrondissement	Albi
Canton	Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou
Community association	Cordais et Causse
Coordinates	44 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 56 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 56 ′ E
height	152-310 m
surface	6.16 km 2
Residents	369 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	60 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	81170
INSEE code	81045
Website	Les Cabannes
	; Les Cabannes - Pont des Anes

Les Cabannes is a municipality in the south of France with 369 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the area of Cordes-sur-Ciel in the Tarn department in the Occitania region .

location

Les Cabannes is located on the south bank of the Cérou river in the cultural landscape of the Albigeois, just over 1 km (driving distance) west of Cordes-sur-Ciel at an altitude of approx. 180 m above sea level. d. M. The climate is temperate; Rain falls all year round.

Population development

year	1800	1851	1901	1954	1999	2013
Residents	348	745	491	321	320	373

The decline in the number of inhabitants in the late 19th and first half of the 20th century is essentially due to the mechanization of agriculture .

economy

The residents of the village traditionally lived as self-sufficient farmers. Leather production and processing flourished in the previous towns of Les Cabannes; smaller watermills have also been identified. Most of the stones used to build Cordes come from here.

history

Tanneries, mills and quarries formed the basis of the independence of Les Cabannes, in whose place name the memory of the simple dwellings of the craftsmen and stonemasons ( cabannes ) lives on. In 1538 the place was set on fire by the Protestants. The present place was created in 1840 by merging Corrompis and Lacapelle-Sainte Luce .

Attractions

The church of St-Antoine is a single-nave village church with a flat apse and simple bell gable .
The upstream defense and watchtower ( donjon ) of the no longer existing Château de Corrompis with its entrance at a height of approx. 4 m was declared a monument historique in 1974 .
In its neighborhood there is a wrought-iron lily cross from the 16th century, which was recognized as a monument historique in 1975 .
The late medieval bridge Pont des Anes leads over the Cérou and today forms the border to the neighboring municipality of Vindrac-Alayrac to the west ; it was recognized as a Monument historique in 2006 .