Penne-d'Agenais

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Penne-d'Agenais
Coat of arms of Penne-d'Agenais
Penne-d'Agenais (France)
Penne-d'Agenais
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Canton Le Pays de Serres (main town)
Community association Fumel Vallée du Lot
Coordinates 44 ° 23 '  N , 0 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 23 '  N , 0 ° 49'  E
height 52-231 m
surface 46.71 km 2
Residents 2,346 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 50 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 47140
INSEE code 47203
Website www.ville-pennedagenais.fr

In the old town of Penne-d'Agenais

Penne-d'Agenais is a municipality with 2346 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in France in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

geography

Located on a rocky spur, the Bastide Penne-d'Agenais overlooks the Lot valley by 120 meters. At their feet is the town of Port-de-Penne , at the confluence of the Lot with the left tributary Boudouyssou . Opposite, on the right bank of the Lot, is the commune of Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot .

history

  • Penn is a Celtic word meaning mountain ridge and suggests that the plateau was once inhabited by the Gauls . In addition, numerous excavations carried out in and around the village have revealed traces of Roman settlement.
  • The south of France saw a strong development of the Cathar religious movement at the beginning of the 13th century . The conflict with the Catholics completely dragged the region into a religious war, at the end of which Catholicism was to emerge victorious. During this crusade against the Albigensians , Raimund VI. , the Count of Toulouse, entrusted his Seneschal , Hugue d'Alfaro , with the difficult task of defending the fortress of Penne-d'Agenais against the Crusaders under Simon IV. de Montfort . But at the beginning of August 1212, after fifty days of siege, Penne-d'Agenais capitulated.
  • Throughout the Hundred Years War , Penne-d'Agenais was sometimes French and sometimes English. In 1373 the English set fire to the city before leaving it to Bertrand du Guesclin , who had besieged it for three months.
  • Having become a Protestant stronghold, the Huguenots and Catholics in Penne-d'Agenais faced each other in a warlike manner in the middle of the 16th century . In 1562 the leader of the Catholic army captured the place held by the Protestants after 99 days of siege. The defenders were thrown into the castle's well with their throats cut.
  • The plague broke out in the area in the 16th and 17th centuries . In 1653, after the epidemic ended , the inhabitants of Penne-d'Agenais vowed to rebuild the Notre-Dame de Peyragude church and to organize a procession there on August 15th every year .

Attractions

  • Lovely town ensemble with many handicrafts
  • City gates, city walls
  • Ruins of the castle from the time of Richard the Lionheart
  • Mercadiel Church from the 13th century
  • Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Peyragude

Town twinning

Web links

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