Mazan-l'Abbaye
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Largentière | |
| Canton | Haute-Ardèche | |
| Community association | Montagne d'Ardèche | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 44 ' N , 4 ° 5' E | |
| height | 874-1,446 m | |
| surface | 44.79 km 2 | |
| Residents | 122 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 07510 | |
| INSEE code | 07154 | |
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Mazan-l'Abbaye is a French municipality with 122 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
geography
The mountain community of Mazan-l'Abbaye is located in the south of France in the Massif Central on the edge of the Monts d'Ardèche Regional Nature Park , 82 kilometers southwest of Saint-Étienne and 39 kilometers southeast of Le Puy-en-Velay . Neighboring municipalities of Mazan-l'Abbaye are Lanarce in the west, Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne in the north, Le Roux in the southeast and Astet in the southwest. The municipality covers 4479 hectares, the mean height is 1160 meters above sea level , the Mairie stands at an altitude of 1137 meters.
Mazan-l'Abbaye is assigned to a climate zone of type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger ): warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.
history
The name of the municipality is derived from Mas d'Adam ('Adam's country house'). Before the village was founded, there was only one mas on site , which the seigneur of the place ceded to the diocese Viviers , which founded the Mazan monastery there between 1119 and 1122 . The newly built monastery was populated with monks from the Bonnevaux monastery in Lieudieu . In the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) and in the Huguenot Wars , the monastery was looted. As a result of the French Revolution (1789-1799) the monastery was finally abandoned. The monastery church continued to be used for the local worship service until the pastor of Mazan complained about the cold in the large church in the 19th century. The incumbent Bishop of Viviers then had parts of the Romanesque monastery demolished and a smaller church built with the stones.
Mazeiras was incorporated between 1790 and 1794. In 1793 Mazan-l'Abbaye received the status of a municipality (still as Mazan) in the course of the French Revolution and in 1801 the right to local self-government. In 1901, what was then Mazan et Mezeyrac was divided into the communities of Issanlas and Mazan. The municipality has had its current name since 1954.
| year | 1793 | 1806 | 1836 | 1876 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 | 1926 | 1946 | 1986 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 960 | 1,376 | 1,590 | 2,046 | 1,756 | 973 | 1,023 | 725 | 548 | 356 | 210 | 163 | 139 | 121 |
Mazan-l'Abbaye had the most inhabitants in 1876 (2046), after which the population declined sharply. So far, the municipality had the fewest inhabitants in 2006 (139).
Culture and sights
The ruins of the Mazan Monastery were classified as Monument historique ('historical monument') in 1946 .
Mazan-l'Abbaye is part of the Roman Catholic community B16-cl2 , which belongs to the parish of Notre Dame de la Montagne of the diocese of Viviers . The Church of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (' Assumption of the Virgin Mary ') was built in the 19th century on the foundations of the monastic bakery, as the abbey church was too big and difficult to heat. The new church was consecrated in 1843. The keystone in the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church was made in the 15th century. It comes from the fountain in the cloister of the monastery and was classified as a Monument historique in 1969 .
Local products
In the municipality there are controlled designations of origin (AOC) for beef (Fin gras du Mézenc) and picodon as well as protected geographical indications (IGP) for poultry (Volailles d'Auvergne) , sausage (Saucisson de l'Ardèche) , ham (Jambon de l ' Ardèche) and wine (Ardèche and Méditerranée) . The cattle from which Fin gras du Mézenc is made are fed with hay grown on the mountains of a certain area. The ham Jambon de l'Ardèche is rubbed with salt, pepper and spices and cured. During its seven-month ripening phase, it is coated with a mixture of lard , spices and chestnut flour.
Web links
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Bienvenue à Mazan l'abbaye ), Tourist guide through Vaucluse, Provence and the French Alps (French)
- Mazan-l'Abbaye on the Inforoutes de l'Ardèche (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Le village de Mazan-l'Abbaye. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved September 27, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Mazan-l'Abbaye on cassini.ehess.fr (French)
- ↑ Entry No. 07154 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Notre Dame de la Montagne. Diocèse de Viviers, accessed on August 22, 2012 (French).
- ^ Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Mazan à Mazan-l'Abbaye. In: Petit-Patrimoine.com. Retrieved September 27, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Entry No. 07154 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Le fin Gras du Mézenc. Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée. Association Fin Gras du Mézenc, accessed July 22, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Le Jambon de l'Ardèche obtient l'Indication Géographique Protégée. (No longer available online.) In: INAO. Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité , November 16, 2010, archived from the original on December 16, 2015 ; Retrieved July 22, 2012 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
