Peyreleau
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Aveyron | |
| Arrondissement | Millau | |
| Canton | Tarn et Causses | |
| Community association | Millau Grands Causses | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 11 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 392-882 m | |
| surface | 16.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 74 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 5 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 12720 | |
| INSEE code | 12180 | |
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Peyreleau ( Occitan : Peiralèu ) is a French commune with 74 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aveyron département and in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the canton of Tarn et Causses and the Arrondissement of Millau .
location
The small village is located opposite Le Rozier on the lower reaches of the Jonte , a few hundred meters before its confluence with the Tarn , about 85 kilometers northwest of Montpellier and 15 kilometers northeast of Millau . It belongs to the Millau Grands Causses municipal association. Due to its central location, Peyreleau is the administrative seat of the canton of the same name , although Peyreleau has fewer inhabitants than any other place in the canton. The municipality is part of the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2005 | 2011 |
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| Residents | 51 | 95 | 110 | 100 | 77 | 70 | 70 | 81 |
Attractions
Château Triadou
The Château Triadou with its garden is on the western edge of the village . It was built from 1470 by Pierre II. D'Albignac († 1517), Lord of Triadou, and he and his wife Flore de Capluc moved in in July 1479. It was around 1559 by Pierre III. d'Albignac (1529–1596), the grandson of the two, after he had stolen their war chest and thus the means to finance the building in an attack on passing Protestant troops. It was said that he hid the rest of the treasure without revealing the hiding place to his heirs. His son Simon d'Albignac (1560–1644) expanded his property by buying neighboring lands, making Peyreleau the center of an important rule. Simon's son François I d'Albignac (1600–1696) had the property expanded considerably in 1669, in particular with the construction of new living quarters, an octagonal chapel and a large square tower.
The last resident of the castle from the house of Albignac, Philippe-François d'Albignac de Castelnau († 1814), Bishop of Angoulême , went into exile in England in 1792 after the French Revolution and died in London on January 3, 1814. He was had accused of being the head of a counter-revolutionary band of robbers who had become notorious for violent acts, and on July 27, 1791, the authorities from Millau sent a squad of militiamen to the Chateau Triadou, who searched and looted it and found two boxes under one step of the main staircase found with gold and silver. The accusation against the bishop was probably unfounded and only the pretext for the search of the castle and the confiscation of the treasure of Pierre III. d'Albignac. The property was confiscated by the municipality and served as the mayor's office until a new building was built in 1893.
On May 12, 1944, the castle was classified as a monument historique . It is privately owned.
Clock tower
The highest point in the village is the mighty square clock tower. Today it is owned by the community, which operates guest rooms there.
The tower was built in 1617 by Simon d'Albignac on the foundations of an old castle built in the 12th century, of which only the remains of the outer walls remain today. It belonged successively to the Montferrand family, the de la Chapelle family, Alfons of Poitiers (brother of Louis IX ) as Count of Rouergue , then in the 15th century to the very wealthy Sévérac family . In the 15th century, the d'Albignac family moved into the castle, initially without being the owner. After the Triadou Castle was built, they left the old castle and moved to the castle. In the early 18th century, François II. D'Albignac, grandson of Simon d'Albignac, bought the castle and estate of Peyreleau for 30,000 livres . The Marquis of Sévérac reserved the right of repurchase on the sale, but a few years later he waived this in return for payment of a further 5,000 livres.
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the place, three golden pine cones on a blue background, is that of the House of Albignac.
Personalities
- Philippe-François d'Albignac de Castelnau (1742–1814), 1784–1791 / 1801 Bishop of Angoulême, member of the General Estates from 1789 and the Constituent Assembly , born in Peyreleau
- Philippe François Maurice d'Albignac (1775–1824), 1809–1811 Minister of War Jérôme Bonapartes in the Kingdom of Westphalia , 1816–1821 commander of the Saint-Cyr military school , born in Peyreleau
- Pierre Mazeaud (* 1929), mountaineer, lawyer and politician, one of the first three French to climb Mount Everest in 1978 , member and vice-president of the National Assembly , 2004–2007 president of the Conseil constitutionnel (constitutional court) , resident of Peyreleau
