Saint-Jean-de-Verges
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Saint-Jean-de-Verges Sent Joan de Verges |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Ariège | |
| Arrondissement | Foix | |
| Canton | Val d'Ariège | |
| Community association | Pays Foix-Varilhes | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 1 ′ N , 1 ° 37 ′ E | |
| height | 335-709 m | |
| surface | 12.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,249 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 98 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 09000 | |
| INSEE code | 09264 | |
 Saint-Jean-de-Verges, Saint-Jean-Baptiste church |
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Saint-Jean-de-Verges ( Occitan Sent Joan de Verges ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 1249 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Foix and the canton Val d'Ariège .
location
Saint-Jean-de-Verges is located on the Ariège river at an altitude of about 380 meters above sea level. d. M. Foix , the main town of the arrondissement is only six kilometers (driving distance) south; Pamiers , the capital of the department, is about 16 kilometers to the north.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 411 | 460 | 571 | 635 | 787 | 841 | 1058 | 1228 |
In the 19th century the number of inhabitants fluctuated mostly between 500 and 600. The increasing mechanization of agriculture in the first half of the 20th century led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows of the 1930s to 1950s. Due to the proximity to the cities of Pamiers and Foix and the significantly lower property prices in the countryside, there has been a significant increase in the population over the past few decades.
economy
Saint-Jean-de-Verges lived to a large extent from agriculture in the hamlets and villages in the vicinity; the place itself functions to this day as a regional trade, handicraft and service center. Tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) also plays a certain role in the local income.
history
In the Middle Ages, the place belonged to the County of Foix . Towards the end of the Albigensian Crusade (1229), Roger Bernard II of Foix , who had fought several times on the side of the heretics , formally submitted in the local church to the French King Louis IX, who was not present and who was still underage . or the regent Blanka of Castile and recognized the conditions of the Treaty of Meaux-Paris . The place and church were partially destroyed in the course of the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598).
Attractions
The Romanesque parish church ( Église Saint-Jean Baptiste ) is a 12th century building; it was formerly a priory church of the Saint-Volusien Abbey in Foix. It has the plan of a Latin cross ; A small apse is attached to each of the two arms of the transept . The central apse is significantly larger and higher and also differs in the small columns set in the window frames and in the console frieze located below the eaves . The west facade of the church building was fortified and stabilized by buttresses and embankment walls after the religious disputes of the 16th century , and the nave was raised with rather unsightly quarry stone masonry . From this time, the above derived chorus arc mounted bell gable ( clocher mur ), the later a wooden Glockenstube was added. The entrance is on the north side; another was on the south side and led into the priory's closed enclosure area . The unadorned nave is covered by a modern barrel vault ; the apses show the usual domes . The church building was recognized as a monument historique as early as 1907 .
Partner municipality
- Alagón , Zaragoza Province (Spain)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Saint-Jean-de-Verges in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)