Mazerolles-du-Razès

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Mazerolles-du-Razès
Maseròlas
Coat of arms of Mazerolles-du-Razès
Mazerolles-du-Razès (France)
Mazerolles-du-Razès
region Occitania
Department Aude
Arrondissement Limoux
Canton La Piège au Razès
Community association Limouxin
Coordinates 43 ° 8 '  N , 2 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 8 '  N , 2 ° 4'  E
height 219-320 m
surface 8.22 km 2
Residents 154 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 11240
INSEE code 11228

Parish Church of Notre-Dame

Mazerolles-du-Razès ( Occitan : Maseròlas ) is a southern French municipality with 154 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the center of the Aude department in the Occitania region .

location

The circular village ( Circulade ) Mazerolles-du-Razès is located at an altitude of about 235 meters above sea level. d. M. in the southeastern edge zone of the Lauragais in the former county of Razès about 37 kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Carcassonne and about 18 kilometers northwest of Limoux .

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 265 213 180 179 181 174 163

In the 19th century the place always had between 300 and 420 inhabitants. Due to the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the increasing mechanization of agriculture , the population has since declined to the lows of the last few decades.

economy

In earlier times, the residents of the village lived largely on self-sufficiency from agriculture, with both grain and wine being grown. In addition, they ran a little cattle (pigs, chickens, etc.). On the slopes of the hill there are fruit trees and vegetable gardens. As in many places in Languedoc , viticulture has dominated since the 19th century; In the vicinity of the village are the buildings of a regional wine cooperative ( Cave Coopérative du Razès ), which markets its wines through the appellations Aude , Pays Cathare , Malepère and Pays d'Oc . Because of the sales crisis for French wines, cereals ( wheat , maize ) and sunflowers are being sown again on many agricultural areas . Tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) has also played an important role in the income of the population and the municipal budget since the 1960s.

history

Gallo-Roman finds (coins as well as fragments of amphorae and roof tiles ) were made in the municipality , which indicate a settlement that already existed at this time. The church was first mentioned in the year 870, when Charles the Bald gave it to Count Oliba II of Carcassonne . During the Albigensian Crusade (1209) the place was taken by the troops of Simon de Montfort .

Attractions

  • The old town center belongs to the type of round villages ( circulades ) widespread in Languedoc , which were built around a center (castle and / or church).
  • The late Gothic church ( Église Église Notre-Dame ) dates from the 12th to 14th centuries; It has a non-apsidial rectangular floor plan and surprises with its high, unadorned and portal-free western facade crowned by a three-storey bell gable ( clocher mur ) that was subsequently added, and which offers a defensive appearance. The portal is on the south side. The windows on the north side of the nave covered by a wooden vault were installed in the 19th century. The church was recognized as a monument historique in 1948 .
  • A cross ( croix de chemin ) from the 16th century is next to the entrance to the church; it was recognized as a Monument historique in 1941 .

Web links

Commons : Mazerolles-du-Razès  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eglise Notre-Dame, Mazerolles-du-Razès in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Croix de Chemin, Mazerolles-du-Razès in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)