Rimont

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Rimont
Rimont coat of arms
Rimont (France)
Rimont
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Saint-Girons
Canton Couserans Est
Community association Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 17 ′  E
height 386-1,059 m
surface 28.40 km 2
Residents 530 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 19 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09420
INSEE code 09246

Former Combelongue Abbey

Rimont ( Occitan same name) is a French commune with 530 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Girons , the association of municipalities Couserans-Pyrénées and the canton of Couserans Est (until 2015: canton of Saint-Girons ). The inhabitants are called Rimontais / Rimontaises .

geography

Rimont is located around 69 kilometers south-southwest of the city of Toulouse in the west of the Ariège department. The community consists of the village of Rimont, a few hamlets and scattered settlements and individual farms. The village is on a hill above the Baup river . This crosses the community in a westerly direction. Rimont is within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are mountainous and forested. In terms of traffic, the community is on the D117.

Rimont is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Clermont in the north, Montseron in the northeast, Castelnau-Durban in the east, Esplas-de-Sérou in the southeast, Rivèrenert in the south and Lescure in the west.

history

The discovery of amphorae from the Gallo-Roman period proves early settlement. Further finds from the Franconian period prove that the settlement continued to exist in this period. The abbey was founded by Count Arnaud de Pallars in 1138. A bastide is mentioned in 1273. The Huguenots devastated the abbey in 1568. In the Middle Ages, the place was an exclave of the province of Languedoc. The parish was part of the Saint-Girons district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Rimont was the capital of the canton of Rimont from 1793 to 1801 and was within the canton of Saint-Girons from 1801 to 2015 . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801. On August 21, 1944, the Wehrmacht devastated the village before they withdrew. Eleven people were executed and 152 houses were devastated. This left 231 people homeless.

Population development

year 1793 1800 1836 1851 1856 1876 1911 1921 1946 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 1,771 1,604 2,488 2,348 1,853 1,979 1,201 923 641 626 554 519 504 513 501 502 534
Sources: Cassini and INSEE; today's municipal area

Attractions

  • Château de Montségu castle
  • Castle Château de la Vignasse 17th century
  • Former Abbey of Saint-Laurent de Combelongue , a historic monument since 2007
  • Church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption 17th century
  • Church Saint-Laurent of the former Abbey of Combelongue
  • old mill, now a museum
  • Resistance Museum Musée Pyrénéen de la Resistance et de la Liberation
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • Monument to the dead on the part of the Resistance
  • several wayside crosses
  • Lavoir (wash house)
  • More Attractions

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
  2. ↑ Page with numerous photos of the house
  3. ^ Page with numerous photos of the church
  4. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
  5. ↑ Monument to the Fallen
  6. ↑ Description in Palissy (French)