Lisle-sur-Tarn

Lisle-sur-Tarn ; L'Illa d'Albigés
region	Occitania
Department	Camouflage
Arrondissement	Albi
Canton	Vignobles et Bastides
Community association	Gaillac-Graulhet
Coordinates	43 ° 51 ′ N , 1 ° 49 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 51 ′ N , 1 ° 49 ′ E
height	95-285 m
surface	86.56 km 2
Residents	4,694 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	54 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	81310
INSEE code	81145
Website	http://www.ville-lisle-sur-tarn.fr/
	; Lisle-sur-Tarn - Place Centrale with arcaded houses

Lisle-sur-Tarn ( Occitan : L'Illa d'Albigés ) is a southern French municipality with 4694 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region .

location

The former Bastide Lisle-sur-Tarn is about 51 kilometers (driving distance) to the northeast from Toulouse and about 32 kilometers to the southwest from Albi . The next largest city is the wine town of Gaillac about 10 kilometers northeast. The place name is explained by the almost island-like location between the Tarn river and two smaller streams ( Rabisteau and Vignal ). In the Middle Ages and even until the 1920s, the Tarn was used by barges that carried various goods - sometimes people.

Population development

year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	3376	3385	3413	3588	3684	4171	4694

In 1800 the place still had over 5000 inhabitants. After that, the population fell continuously to just over 3000 in the 1920s. A trend reversal has only been observed in the last few decades.

economy

The viticulture and the cultivation of woad ( pastel ) brought the small town a certain prosperity in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period. Today, wheat and maize are mainly grown in the area. Due to the favorable location about halfway between Albi and Toulouse, an industrial zone has emerged in which small and medium-sized businesses have settled, and cultural and wine tourism also play a not unimportant role in the economic life of the small town.

history

The place founded by Count Raimund VII of Toulouse after the end of the Albigensian Crusade - that is, in the years after 1229 - was located on a branch of the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela ( Via Tolosana ) via Albi . In the course of the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598), a permanent court of justice ( Chambre de l'Édit ) was installed in Lisle-sur-Tarn , half of which was occupied by Protestants and Catholics.

Attractions

The central square ( Place centrale ) of Lisle-sur-Tarn is one of the largest in the south of France. Most of the surrounding houses - regardless of whether they are half-timbered or brick buildings - are three-story (ground floor and two upper floors) and rest on arcades that offer protection in both rain and sunshine. As early as the Middle Ages, traders and small handicraft businesses settled here, supplying the residents of the village and its surroundings with everything they needed.
In the middle of the square stands a fountain ( Fontaine de Griffoul ) standing on eight octagonal columns , which was donated to the population around the middle of the 13th century by Johanna , the last heiress of the County of Toulouse , and her husband Alfons of Poitiers . The fountain has been recognized as a monument historique since 1914 .

Town hall ( mairie )

In one corner of the square is a two-story half-timbered house ( maison à colombages ) with wooden shutters, which rests on an elaborate wooden support structure. The fillings consist of masonry bricks , some of which are laid in a herringbone pattern . The building has been recognized as a monument historique since 1937 .
The town hall ( Hôtel de Ville ; formerly Hôtel de Boisset-Glassac ) is located directly on the central square; it dates from around 1800 and was originally the city palace of the wealthy Boisset merchant family. The usual arcades can be found on the ground floor; the upper floor receives light through eight large and two smaller windows. On the walls of the Great Hall on the upper floor there are large canvas paintings with idyllic scenes from country life. The building has been recognized as a monument historique since 1988 .

Lisle-sur-Tarn-Church

The Église Notre-Dame de la Jonquière is surprisingly not in the center of the village, but about 200 meters away. It is a three-nave brick building in the Tolosan Gothic style from the 13th and 14th centuries. The high - initially square, then octagonal - west tower with a pointed helmet does not correspond to the building traditions of the Midi , in which crossing towers and not western towers are in the foreground. After 1271, the year the former county of Toulouse was incorporated into the French crown domain, building ideas from the north were also increasingly adopted in the south of France. Parts of a Romanesque portal were integrated into the entrance portal on the north side of the church . The church has been recognized as a monument historique since 1886 .
The Château Gineste is located about five kilometers northeast on a side street to Gaillac. It is a representative wine castle from the middle of the 19th century and was built in the neoclassical style . In 1992 it was placed under protection.
In the vicinity of the small town there are still a number of dovecotes ( pigeonniers ), which the landlords ( seigneurs ) and the more affluent strata of the population used to enrich their menu.

Partner municipality

Borja (Saragossa) , Spain

Personalities

Raymond Lafage , draftsman and graphic artist (* 1656 † 1684 in Lyon)

Web links

Commons : Lisle-sur-Tarn - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Fontaine de Griffoul, Lisle-sur-Tarn in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
^ Maison, Lisle-sur-Tarn in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
↑ Ancien hôtel de Boisset-Glassac, Lisle-sur-Tarn in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
↑ Église Notre-Dame de la Jonquière, Lisle-sur-Tarn in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
↑ Château Gineste, Lisle-sur-Tarn in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[1] Fontaine de Griffoul, Lisle-sur-Tarn in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[2] Maison, Lisle-sur-Tarn in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[3] Ancien hôtel de Boisset-Glassac, Lisle-sur-Tarn in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[4] Église Notre-Dame de la Jonquière, Lisle-sur-Tarn in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[5] Château Gineste, Lisle-sur-Tarn in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)