Lurs

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Lurs
Coat of arms of Lurs
Lurs (France)
Lurs
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement Forcalquier
Canton Forcalquier
Community association Pays Forcalquier and Montagne de Lure
Coordinates 43 ° 58 '  N , 5 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 58 '  N , 5 ° 53'  E
height 340-621 m
surface 22.48 km 2
Residents 382 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 04700
INSEE code 04106
Website www.lurs.fr

Lurs
View of Lurs from the north
Outskirts above the valley of the Durance

Lurs [ lʏrs ] is a commune with 382 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Peyruis in the Forcalquier arrondissement .

location

The village of Lurs is located on a hill above the Durance valley at an altitude of 612 meters. The next bigger towns are Manosque and Forcalquier . The municipality is part of the Luberon Regional Nature Park .

history

In the Lurs area, human traces can be traced back to the Paleolithic and Copper Age . Two Neolithic settlements were found during excavations , and a Gallo-Roman necropolis was discovered later .

The first written mention of the place comes from the 9th century. At least since that time it belonged to the bishops of Sisteron , which is why the inhabitants did not pay taxes to the counts of Provence and their successors, the kings of France, until the French Revolution .

The 10th century castle was captured three times during the Wars of Religion in the 16th century. In the course of the revolution, Lurs became the capital of the canton of Lurs for about ten years , but was annexed to the canton of Forcalquier in 1801 and finally to the canton of Peyruis in 1802 .

After the coup of Napoleon III. Twenty-two residents were charged against the Second Republic , which had provoked an armed uprising in the southern Alps in defense of the constitution , and the majority of them were deported to Algeria .

In 1863 Lurs already had a primary school for boys, and in 1877 at the latest for girls too. Wine was grown in the municipality until the middle of the 20th century . On August 20, 1944, Lurs was liberated from the German occupiers "in passing" by the 143rd Infantry Regiment of the US troops .

Population development

While 1,236 inhabitants were counted in 1831, their number fell largely continuously to a value of 275 in 1975. Since then, the population has recovered slightly.

year 1765 1806 1831 1846 1861 1876 1891 1906 1926 1946 1975 1999 2017
Residents 774 1,028 1,236 1,113 952 804 700 717 435 379 275 347 382

politics

From 1790 to 1795 and since 1800 Lurs had a mayor who has been elected by the local council since 1884. Lurs belongs to the community association Communauté de communes Pays Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure .

economy

The community is dominated by agriculture and forestry, and fishing also plays a role. The olive culture is dominant, the place is home to one of the department's seven oil mills .

Culture

Since 1955 , the international meetings Rencontres internationales de Lure , named after the Montagne de Lure mountain in the north, have taken place every August .

Attractions

clock tower
Saint-Michel cemetery chapel
  • Historic town center
  • Remains of Roman buildings
  • Roman bridge Pont romain de Lurs over the Buès , a listed building since 1963
  • Clock tower with bell from 1499
  • Oil mill
  • Notre-Dame-des-Anges chapel, built from 1662
  • Notre-Dame-de-Vie chapel from 1552

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Lurs

  • Way of the Cross to the Notre-Dame-de-Vie chapel

  • Notre-Dame-de-Vie

  • Notre-Dame-des-Anges

  • Pont romain de Lurs over the Buès

traffic

The Grenoble – Marseille railway line , the A51 motorway and the D4096 departmental road run in the Durance valley . The D12 leads from Lurs to Forcalquier. Lurs train station is closed, the next train station is La Brillanne - Oraison . The closest motorway exits are Peyruis (from the north) and Oraison (from the south).

Trivia

The municipality of Lurs was the scene of the Dominici criminal case in 1952. The enigmatic murder of an English family was filmed in 1973, partly on the original locations, under the title The Dominici Affair with Jean Gabin and Victor Lanoux in the lead roles.

Web links

Commons : Lurs (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Werwolf, Der Spiegel Heft 50/1954 , accessed on February 21, 2014