Pailhès (Ariège)

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Pailhès
Palhèrs
Pailhès (France)
Pailhès
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Saint-Girons
Canton Arize-Lèze
Community association Arize Lèze
Coordinates 43 ° 6 ′  N , 1 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 6 ′  N , 1 ° 27 ′  E
height 267-532 m
surface 21.70 km 2
Residents 472 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09130
INSEE code 09224
Website pailhes.fr

Castle of Pailhès

Pailhès ( Occitan Palhèrs ) is a French commune with 472 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region .

location

Pailhès is located on the upper reaches of the Lèze river at an altitude of about 300 meters above sea level. d. M. The closest town is Pamiers , about 18 kilometers (driving distance) to the east ; the city of Toulouse is just under 70 kilometers to the north. The town and its surroundings are part of the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 383 365 322 307 281 297 373 474

In the 19th century, the place usually had around 1,000 inhabitants. The increasing mechanization of agriculture in the first half of the 20th century led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows in the 1980s and 1990s.

economy

Pailhès lived to a large extent from agriculture; the place itself functions to this day as a small regional trade, craft and service center. Tourism also plays a certain role in the town's income in the form of holiday homes ( gîtes ).

history

The Barony of Pailhès played an important role in the region until the French Revolution . It formed an exclave of Languedoc in the county of Foix and was subordinate to the then dissolved diocese of Rieux until the Concordat of 1801 .

Attractions

Facade of the castle chapel
  • The place itself offers no attractions. The towerless and unadorned village church is a building from 1880.
  • The unadorned late Romanesque Chapelle Saint-Blaise stands in the cemetery .
  • The castle ( château ) of Pailhès ( 43 ° 6 ′ 2 ″  N , 1 ° 26 ′ 42 ″  E ) stands on a rocky promontory of the Plantaurel massif , a northern foothill of the Pyrenees , near a crossroads where the roads meet from Foix to Lézat-sur-Lèze and from Pamiers to Saint-Girons . Its origins go back to the 12th century, but its current condition largely corresponds to renovations or new construction measures in the 15th and 17th / 18th centuries. Century. The castle gate could be defended through a floor opening ( assomoir ) in the guardroom above; In the middle of the courtyard there is a cistern for the water supply. The residential wing ( corps de logis ) is flanked by a round stair tower in which there is a wooden spiral staircase ( vis ). The late Baroque palace chapel, consecrated in 1780, has an elaborately designed facade with a noble coat of arms above the portal; above it is an open quatrefoil . The privately owned building complex has been recognized as a Monument historique since 1997 .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Pailhès  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pailhès, Château in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)