Saint-Jean-Lagineste

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Saint-Jean-Lagineste
La Ginèsta
Saint-Jean-Lagineste (France)
Saint-Jean-Lagineste
region Occitania
Department Lot
Arrondissement Figeac
Canton Saint-Céré
Community association Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
Coordinates 44 ° 49 ′  N , 1 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 49 ′  N , 1 ° 52 ′  E
height 251-605 m
surface 12.66 km 2
Residents 336 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 27 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 46400
INSEE code 46339

Saint-Jean-Lagineste - Sanctuary of St Joseph

Saint-Jean-Lagineste ( Occitan : La Ginèsta ) is a municipality with 336 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the French region of Occitania .

location

Saint-Jean-Lagineste is located in the northeast of the Quercy landscape, which is extremely rich in cultural and culinary attractions . The capital of the Quercy, Cahors , is about 75 kilometers (driving distance) to the southwest. It is just under 8 kilometers to the southwest to the canton capital of Saint-Céré . Loubressac and Autoire, which are among the ' Most Beautiful Villages in France ', are located about 17 and 9 kilometers to the northwest, respectively.

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2004
Residents 271 248 237 260 249 271

history

For centuries, Saint-Jean-Lagineste was probably just a small hamlet ( hameau ), which only developed into a village in the 1840s - after a church was built.

Attractions

  • The parish church of the village ( Saint-Jean l'Évangeliste ) dates from 1844 and is - an extremely rare patronage - consecrated to John the Evangelist . It is a single nave building with a retracted apse .
  • The pilgrimage chapel on Mont-Saint-Joseph (582 meters) consists of a square core building with four apses on the ground floor, one of which is directly behind the entrance portal, and an eight-sided upper floor with four slim double windows; there is a slender stair tower on the northwest side. The chapel was opened in 1873, d. H. only two years after the lost war against the German Empire . Many French saw a major reason for the defeat in a decline in piety and therefore tried to counter this guilt by building a large number of new churches (cf. Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre ). A pilgrimage to the chapel has been taking place once a year since 1883. Already in 1870 Pope Pius IX. the St. Joseph the patron saint of the Catholic Church proclaimed. The Holy Family has enjoyed popular veneration for centuries, but also repeatedly promoted by the official church.
Menhir de Peyrousse
  • The so-called Menhir de Peyrousse or Menhir de Peyreficade stands about 250 meters east of Saint-Jean-Lagineste. It is an upright standing stone about 2.40 meters high, which is surrounded and partially supported by smaller stone slabs ( dalles ). The support, the place of installation (slope) and the border with stone slabs suggest that this is not a monument of the megalithic culture , but a boulder erected much later . About 500 meters away there is another upright stone ( Menhir de Roume ) with a height of about 2.10 meters; it should have been set up at about the same time.

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