Montauriol (Pyrénées-Orientales)
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Montauriol Montoriol |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Ceret | |
| Canton | Les Aspres | |
| Community association | Aspres | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 35 ' N , 2 ° 43' E | |
| height | 149-463 m | |
| surface | 11.10 km 2 | |
| Residents | 247 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66300 | |
| INSEE code | 66112 | |
 Montauriol Church of Sant Sadurní |
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Montauriol ( Catalan Montoriol ) is a southern French town and a municipality with 247 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of the Occitania region in the historic province of Roussillon .
Location and climate
The village of Montauriol itself is not a homogeneous unit, rather a collection of farms (mas) on the eastern edge of the French Pyrenees at an altitude of approx. 200 m . Montauriol is located between the Spanish border, approx. 20 km (as the crow flies), and the city of Perpignan, approx. 24 km (driving distance) in a northeastern direction . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 680 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2016 | ||
| Residents | 99 | 166 | 203 | 85 | 188 | 236 | ||
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
economy
The people living here and still strongly influenced by the Catalan culture lived for centuries as a self-sufficient person from the gardens and small fields. Cattle breeding and the production of sheep and goat cheese as well as sausages and simple but weatherproof textiles were the only sources of income. The formerly very wooded stock of holm oaks , cork oaks and chestnuts is increasingly threatened by clearing in favor of EC-subsidized viticulture. Thanks to new mixing processes and marketing strategies, the regional red and rosé wine is gaining more and more customers. The area is still known in France for its cherry cultivation, which is, however, under severe pressure from the emerging peach cultivation. The rental of holiday apartments ( gîtes ) now also plays an important role in the economic life of the municipality.
history
Montauriol is very common as a place name in Catalonia and Languedoc , but its origin comes from Latin and means profane "golden mountain" (Latin mons aureolus ).
The history of the village began with the conquest of the region by the Carolingian to 800 AD emerged in the 9th and 10th centuries -.. Despite or because of the border situation to Al-Andalus in this room influential abbeys like the Abbey of Saint-André , the Abbey of Sainte-Marie (Arles-sur-Tech) and the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa , which founded subsidiary churches in almost each of the valleys, albeit sparsely populated. Just like here in Montauriol, the little Saint-Saturnin church.
In the area of today's municipality there used to be two small hamlets. Montauriol d'Amont was on the ridge above the gorge of Hostalets (after a nearby Mas Les Hostalets ) and has disappeared today. A castle (château) is said to have stood here in the past , as evidenced by a few piles of stones and a square tower.
Attractions
- The early Romanesque Église de Saint-Saturnin ( Sant-Sadurní in Catalan ) is built from rubble stones and is dedicated to St. Consecrated Saturninus of Toulouse (consecration 1010). Above the iron-studded entrance door, the oldest and most complete of its kind in Roussillon and all of France, is a two-part bell gable (clocher mur) from the 15th century, which was added later . The nave is barrel vaulted ; the apse contains a multi-part altarpiece from the 15th century. The middle part depicts the crucifixion of Christ , the left part the preaching and adoration of Jesus and the right part the martyrdom of St. Saturninus, the first bishop of Toulouse († around 250 AD). The altarpiece was stolen from the church in 2010, but was found and returned in 2016.
Detail of the door fittings
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- In front of the town hall (mairie) stands the life-size statue La Vendangeuse ("the grape picker"), which was created by the German sculptor Peter Weiss (1924–1981), who lived and worked in Montauriol from 1963 until his death.
- Surroundings
- The Saint-Amans chapel ( Sant Amanç de la Ribera in Catalan ), also built from quarry stones, is located about 2 km west of the village in a forest. It is still assigned to the 12th century, but here too the bell gable was later renewed or added.
- About 4 km to the southwest is the similarly unadorned, but somewhat younger, chapel of Sainte-Marie .
literature
- Michael Marx: The festival continues; About the life of the sculptor Peter Weiss . Worms: 1990, ISBN 3-88325-440-1
- Michael Marx: Whit Monday in Montauriol: So that the snails taste right ... Die Zeit, May 20, 1983
Web links
- Photo of the village of Montauriol on www.cataluna-biketours.com
- Montauriol, Montoriol on www.jtosti.com
- Exterior and interior shots of the church of the French Ministry of Culture
- The 12th century chapel of Sant Amance de la Ribera (French)
- Photo of the statue "la vendangeuse" by Peter Weiss (1924-1981) on www.randoceretane.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Montauriol - Church
- ↑ Montauriol - Altar retable
- ↑ Michael Marx: The festival goes on; About the life of the sculptor Peter Weiss . Worms: 1990, ISBN 3-88325-440-1