Montbrun (Lot)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lot | |
| Arrondissement | Figeac | |
| Canton | Causse et Vallées | |
| Community association | Grand Figeac | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 30 ′ N , 1 ° 54 ′ E | |
| height | 141-395 m | |
| surface | 8.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 99 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 46160 | |
| INSEE code | 46198 | |
| Website | http://www.montbrun.fr/ | |
 Montbrun - the townscape |
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Montbrun is a southern French municipality with 99 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitanie region . It is part of the Causses du Quercy Regional Nature Park .
location
Montbrun is located on the north bank of the Lot at an altitude of about 160 meters above sea level. d. M. on the southwestern edge of the Massif Central . Figeac, the next largest city, is about 22 kilometers (driving distance) to the northeast; the city of Cahors is about 35 miles to the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 120 | 108 | 83 | 61 | 95 | 101 | 117 |
In the 19th century the place had mostly around 350 inhabitants. As a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture , the number of inhabitants decreased continuously in the first half of the 20th century to the lowest level in the 1980s.
economy
In the Haut-Quercy , agriculture was primarily self-sufficient , which also included viticulture until the 19th century, but which was almost completely abandoned after the phylloxera crisis . Today - in addition to agriculture, retail and handicrafts - tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) plays a major role in the economic life of the municipality.
history
The place with prehistoric traces ( Dolmen de la Combe de l'Ours ) was disputed in the Middle Ages between the manors ( seigneuries ) of the Barasc and Cardaillac families , until the latter finally prevailed.
Attractions
- The castle ( château ) was built in the 12th and 13th centuries - only the keep ( donjon ) and the remains of two enclosing walls, between which terraces were built, remain. The privately owned building was classified as a Monument historique in 1984 .
- The megalithic complex Dolmen des Aguals still has its largely preserved tumulus . It was classified as a Monument historique in 2001 . There are more dolmens in the neighboring municipality of Gréalou .
- The Saint-Blaise church was the former castle chapel and faces north-south. The structure of the building was repeatedly changed in the past and it was not until the French Revolution that it became the local parish church.
Web links
- Montbrun - Photos + Info (French)
- Montbrun, Dolmen - Photos + Info (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ruines du Château, Montbrun in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Dolmen de Aguals, Montbrun in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)