Miremont (Haute-Garonne)

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Miremont
Miramont de Comenge
Miremont coat of arms
Miremont (France)
Miremont
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Muret
Canton Auterive
Community association Lèze Ariège
Coordinates 43 ° 22 ′  N , 1 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 22 ′  N , 1 ° 25 ′  E
height 167-291 m
surface 22.40 km 2
Residents 2,494 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 111 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 31190
INSEE code 31345
Website http://www.mairiemiremont31.fr/

Saint-Eutrope church

Miremont ( Occitan : Miramont de Comenge ) is a French commune with 2,494 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region .

location

Miremont is located on a hill in the far west of the Lauragais , about 32 kilometers (driving distance) south of Toulouse . Muret , the capital of the arrondissement, is about 15 kilometers northwest. The municipality is crossed by the Mouillonne river, which flows into the Ariège at the municipal boundary with Grépiac .

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 811 866 1,078 1,217 1,445 1,837 2.223

Due to its proximity to the city of Toulouse, the creation of an industrial zone and comparatively low land prices, the municipality's population has more than doubled in the last 40 years.

economy

As in most places in the Lauragais (also called Pays de la Cocagne = 'land of plenty'), the cultivation, processing and trade of woad ( pastel ) played an important role in the economic life of the comparatively wealthy city in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period . However, the cultivation of pastel was largely abandoned as early as the 18th century - it had gradually been displaced from the market by the new dye indigo made from the indigo plant .

history

Little information is available about the history of Miremont. There was a castle ( château ), but the place seems to have remained untouched by the Albigensian Crusade (1209–1229). The name of a lord of the castle ( seigneur ) from this period is well known: Sicard de Miremont was one of the signatories to the Treaty of Paris (1229) . In 1271 the entire county of Toulouse , to which Miremont also belonged, came under the French crown domain ( Domaine royal ). In the course of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453), the place was burned twice by English troops. Even during the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598) the place was set on fire by the Protestants. During the Revolution, the remains of the medieval city fortifications ( remparts ) were razed and the moat that once surrounded the castle was filled in.

Attractions

  • The Église Saint-Eutrope , built entirely of brick , is the parish church of the village. It impresses on the outside with a mighty two-storey bell gable in the style of the Tolosan Gothic of the 13th / 14th. Century, in the upper part of which the bells are hung in threes. Although bricks can also be used to form round arches, most churches in the Toulouse area have the typical triangular gables, which are also known as bishop's hats ( arcs en miter ). The single nave interior has a straight end of the choir and houses a beautiful organ from the 19th century.
  • A white marble sarcophagus from the 13th century, with scrollwork ornaments on the sides, in which the bones of Sicard de Miremont's wife once rested, was desecrated during the French Revolution and used as a cattle trough. Its owner donated it to the community in 1904; afterwards it was placed in the open air near the church for decades.
  • The grain house ( halle aux grains ) built in the 19th century was used for intermediate storage, weighing and subsequent sale of the grain; it houses several old grains made of stone.
  • On the outskirts there is a pigeon house ( pigeonnier ) with a stepped roof.

Community partnerships

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 199-202.

Web links

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