Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs

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Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs
Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs (France)
Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Foix
Canton Sabarthès
Community association Pays de Tarascon
Coordinates 42 ° 51 ′  N , 1 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 51 ′  N , 1 ° 33 ′  E
height 548–2,199 m
surface 26.96 km 2
Residents 356 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09400
INSEE code 09241

Place view

Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs is a French commune with 356 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ( Midi-Pyrénées until 2015 ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Foix and the municipality association Pays de Tarascon founded in 1994 . The inhabitants are called Rabatols .

geography

The municipality of Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs is located in the Pyrenees , 16 kilometers south-southwest of Foix and about 23 kilometers north of the border with Andorra . The almost 27 km² municipal area in the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park covers part of the catchment area of ​​the left Ariège tributary, the Courbière . From the village of Rabat, 590 m above sea level, in the northeast, the municipal area extends eight kilometers to the west and includes a high mountain backdrop with several mountain lakes and peaks over 2000 m. The highest point is the Pic des Trois-Seigneurs ( 2199 m ), which gives  the municipality its name .

Other striking mountain peaks:

  • Pic de Crède 2193  m
  • Pic de Pioulou 2166  m
  • Pic de Peyroutet 2165  m
  • Cap des Gragnots 2105  m
  • Cap de la Dosse 1948  m
  • Pic de Goulurs 1805  m
  • Cap de l'Escalot 1724  m
  • Roc de Trabinet 1663  m
  • Tourol 1269  m
  • Sommet du Mont 1196  m
Pic des Trois-Seigneurs
Pic de Peyroutet

In the shadow of the 2165 m high Pic de Peyroutet, the mountain lakes Étang Bleu, Étang des Rives, Étang du Tirou and Étang Long lie at the tree line at over 1700 m .

  • The four mountain lakes
  • Étang Bleu
  • Étang des Rives
  • Étang du Tirou
  • Etang Long

Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs borders on the neighboring communities of Saurat in the north, Bédeilhac-et-Aynat and Surba in the north-east, Tarascon-sur-Ariège in the east, Génat in the south-east, Gourbit in the south, Val-de-Sos in the south-west, Le Port in the west and Massat in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 308 260 287 311 298 264 281 351
Sources: annuaire-mairie and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption ( Assumption ) with origins from the 10th century with rich interiors that as historique monument is designated
  • Chapelle du couvent des Filles de la Charité de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul ( Chapel of the Convent of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul )
  • Ruins of Miramont Castle, destroyed in 1247
  • Waterfall Cascade du Ressec
  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church

  • Altar of the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church

  • Miramont Castle ruins
  • Waterfall Cascade du Ressec

Economy and Infrastructure

Ten farms are located in Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs (sheep, goat and cattle breeding, feed cultivation, beekeeping).

Four kilometers east of Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs, Route nationale 20 ( E 9 ) runs from Tarascon-sur-Ariège to Puigcerdà in Catalonia; parallel to this, the railway line from Portet-Saint-Simon to Puigcerdà.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs on annuaire-mairie.fr
  2. ↑ Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs on insee.fr
  3. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved March 20, 2019 (French).
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs  - Collection of images