Ceilhes-et-Rocozels
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Ceilhes-et-Rocozels Selha e Rocosèls |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Herault | |
| Arrondissement | Beziers | |
| Canton | Clermont-l'Hérault | |
| Community association | Grand Orb | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 48 ' N , 3 ° 7' E | |
| height | 426-821 m | |
| surface | 27.82 km 2 | |
| Residents | 324 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 34260 | |
| INSEE code | 34071 | |
Ceilhes-et-Rocozels ( Occitan Selha e Rocosèls ) is a French commune with 324 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Béziers and the canton of Clermont-l'Hérault .
The community was created in 1794 by merging Ceilhes and Rocozels.
geography
The municipality is located on the upper Orb on the border with the Aveyron department , about 33 kilometers south of Millau between the Causse plateau in the north and the Monts de l'Espinouse mountain range in the southwest. The municipality is part of the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 364 | 397 | 405 | 358 | 283 | 256 | 307 | 324 |
Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Ceilhes (12th century)
- City wall of Ceilhes
- Bouloc Castle (10th / 12th century and 18th century)
- Ferme du Batiment
- Bridge over the Orb (14th century)
- Notre-Dame chapel (12th century)
- Rocozels Church (from 12th century)
Place view
Place view
Marketplace
bridge
City gate
Calade
Rocozels Church
Stair tower
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
Interior of the church
Personalities
- Guillaume IV. De Rocozels, Bishop of Béziers 1198–1205
- Raymond III de Rocozels, Bishop of Lodève 1263–1280
- Marie de Fleury (1661–1692), sister of André Hercule de Fleury (1653–1743), Bishop of Fréjus 1699–1715 and Minister of Louis XV, wife of Bernardin de Rosset de Rocozels, Seigneur de Bouloc
- Jean Hercule de Rosset de Rocozels de Fleury (1683–1748), their son, born at Bouloc Castle
- Pons de Rosset de Rocozels de Fleury (1690–1763), Marquis de Rocozels
- André-Hercule de Rosset de Rocozels de Fleury (1715–1788), Field Marshal, Governor and Lieutenant of Lorraine
- Pierre Augustin Bernardin de Rosset de Rocozels de Fleury (1717–1780), Bishop of Chartres (1747–1780)
- Henri-Marie-Bernardin de Rosset de Rocozels de Fleury (1718–1781), Archbishop of Tours (1751–1774), Archbishop of Cambrai (1774–1781)
- André Hercule Marie Louis de Rosset de Rocozels de Fleury (1767-1810), last Duke of Fleury, Pair de France. ∞ Anne-Françoise-Aimée de Franquetot de Coigny (1769–1820)
- Abbé Antoine Tarroux († 1877), Vicar of Ceilhes, founder of the Congrégation des Sœurs minimes de la Doctrine chrétienne.
- Charles Bonami (1908–1987), historian, born in Ceilhes.
- Lucette Allègre (1913–2009), teacher, resistance fighter
- Claude Allègre (* 1937), politician and minister, whose son,
literature
- Guy Barruol: CEILHES Canton of Lunas, Hérault, France . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
