Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

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Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
Coat of arms of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (France)
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Saint-Gaudens
Canton Bagneres-de-Luchon
Community association Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises
Coordinates 43 ° 2 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  E
height 421–1,016 m
surface 11.17 km 2
Residents 244 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 31510
INSEE code 31472

Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (center)

Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southwest France . The place is on the Pyrenees Trail of the Camino de Santiago .

The place with its 244 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is named after the Bishop Bertrand von Comminges (* 1073; † 1123).

history

The Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (106-48) founded a Roman settlement - Lugdunum Convenarum - at today's location in 72 BC after a campaign in Spain to secure the route to the Val d'Aran and the Iberian Peninsula. In its heyday, the settlement had around 30,000 inhabitants. In 408 the vandals sacked the place. In 585 the crown pretender of Aquitaine Gundowald was captured and killed by the Merovingian king Guntram I. Many residents were slaughtered and the city was cremated.

Around 1120, on behalf of the Bishop of Comminges , the construction of a cathedral began, around which a new small congregation was formed.

present

The inhabitants of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges live mainly from tourism and agriculture .

There is a campsite about 400 m west of the village.

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

The Notre-Dame de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges from the 12th century is located on a hill in the village . The church was badly destroyed during the Huguenot Wars in the 16th century. The remarkable choir stalls date from the time of the rebuilding in the 16th century.

About one kilometer east of the village is originally from the 12th century and to the municipality Valcabrère belonging Basilica Saint-Just-de-Valcabrère .

Remnants of a Roman forum , a theater and a temple were uncovered (→ Lugdunum Convenarum ).

  • Notre-Dame de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges cathedral

  • Inside the cathedral

  • Saint-Just-de-Valcabrère basilica

  • Lugdunum Convenarum , forum and thermal baths

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 339-341.
  • Bert Freyberger: South Gaul in the 1st century BC Phases, consequences and limits of Roman conquest. (125 - 27/22 BC) Franz Steiner Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-515-07330-2 , ( Geographica historica 11), (also: Erlangen-Nürnberg, Univ., Diss., 1996), p. 119.

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